莫道你在選擇人，人亦能選擇你

話說成日煩住魔術師的，除咗那些不知所謂，亂咁來白墥的 recruiters 之外，就係周不時都收到一些由 agencies 寄發的 Junk mails。平情而論，有啲睇落都幾好笑的。例如最近就收到以下的一封「溫馨提示」：

Common interview questions
The most important part of preparing for an interview is practice. Knowing what job interview questions you might be asked is essential - that way, you can craft your answers well in advance, and feel confident in your responses when the pressure is on.
Our expert consultants have identified the must-know interview questions and answers, to ensure your next interview is a success.
1. Tell me about yourself.
This is often the first of many interview questions, designed to ‘warm up' the candidate. Many candidates choose to respond with an overview of their work and employment history. Whilst this is helpful – especially if a manager hasn't read your CV in detail, it's important you offer new information, such as what are your hobbies outside of work. It's also easy to fall into the trap of waffling. Other candidates prefer to focus on a key aspect of their career, building a story around it with performance highlights. It's important to ensure your answer is aligned with the job description and advertisement, to demonstrate how you can add value to the company and role at hand.

魔：（真）其實呢啲嘢都寫係俾新鮮人睇有用啲。好似魔術師呢啲上咗年紀嘅，主要都係講吓自己最 key 最 relevant 的經驗便算，基本上真係 high level summarise 吓份 CV 的第一版。老於經驗嘅，真係唔使點熱身的。

2. What attracted you to our company?
This is your opportunity to demonstrate that you've done your research. Prior to the interview, read up on everything you can about the company from their own website, social media channels and other news articles and forums. Identify what stands out about the company's mission and values, and how that resonates with your own desired career path and personal values.

魔：（囂）好簡單。因為魔術師已經係財務自由，所以打工都只係為興趣，為滿足感，為發揮所長，而呢份工就啱哂呢啲條件。

3. Tell me about your strengths.
This should be the easiest question to prepare for. Identify two or three of your best attributes and give concrete examples of those strengths, articulating how they led to the professional success you achieved. Be sure to close the loop and articulate how they are relevant to the job you're interviewing for.

魔：（囂）Highly attentive to details，分析力強，觀察力強，寫又得，講又得，計數都得，得咗！

4. What are your weaknesses?
Take the time to craft an answer that isn't a cliché. Nothing makes a hiring manager cringe more than the answer: “I'm a perfectionist.” This is your opportunity to demonstrate your own self-awareness and desire for personal development. Try to identify something that isn't critical to the role, and frame your answer in the positive.

魔：（誤）蝗話太普通；同埋因為「太叻」，所以會「以己度人」，對別人要求同時都高咗。

5. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Your employer wants to see how driven and goal-oriented you are. They also want to check that your expectations are realistic. In your answer, demonstrate your awareness of industry trends and ability to be flexible.

魔：（囂）退而不休。

6. Can you tell me about a time where you encountered a business challenge? How did you overcome it?
Behavioural question alert! This is your opportunity to use the CAR method: Context, Action, and Result. Choose an example that demonstrates where you have solved a business challenge using a skill that the employer is looking for. Provide the background, describe what action you took and the professional result you achieved.

子華神：（大笑）
老闆咩時候最可愛？
發脾氣嘅時候，係咪？
老闆會同你講：我唔理，呢個世界冇話唔可能,你同我死都死點佢！
有冇咁同你講過？
我覺得真係好幽默，無得頂，阿森哥你唔理，咁你唔理你估我理唔理？

7. What are the most important things you are looking for in your next role?
Start with your skills. Identify a skill that you exceed in and talk about how you are looking for a role that will utilise and further develop that skill. You should also explain your motivations and how this role can help you achieve your long-term goals. Always ensure that your answer is relevant to the company and the role in question.

魔：（真）工作滿足感。

8. Why are you leaving your current job?
It's critical to frame your answer in the positive. Never say anything negative about your current employer, no matter how strongly your feelings for leaving are. Instead, focus on the specific, positive things that a career change to the new role will bring, for example, professional development opportunities or the excitement of a new challenge.

魔：（虛偽）合約期滿，尋找新挑戰。

9. What are your salary expectations?
Do your research beforehand. Our Salary Guide can give you the latest salary trends and benchmarks. If you come prepared with reasonable salary expectations, you and your employer will know straight away if you are going to feel sufficiently compensated in the role.

魔：（囂）魔術師早已經唔係為錢工作，而係錢為我工作。所以魔術師視薪金為僱主對自己的誠意金，當然如果你我互不相識，薪金方面絕對可以跟返你地公司的 scale 來定。

10. Do you have any questions for me?
It's important to come with a list of pre-prepared interview questions . Some of these might already be answered during the course of the interview, so check these off as you go, to avoid asking the same question twice.

魔：(真）無需預備，隨機應變。照計如果在 interview 過程中，大家彼此有問有答，其實魔術師覺得無需要刻意再去問嘢，簡單一句：「剛才我地已經傾咗好多嘢，都無乜問題了。」大不了就問下幾時知道結果之類的行貨吧。

If there are two things worth spending extra time on in advance of the interview, it's behavioural interview questions and interview questions for the interviewer.
Behavioural interview questions are commonly used by managers to understand a candidate's previous behaviour, as an indication of what their future behaviour might be like. While these questions can be tricky to answer, they also offer a great opportunity to demonstrate your skills. Check out the definitive guide to answer behavioural interview questions, which includes some clever acronyms to help you prepare your answers.
It's also worth spending time devising a list of interview questions to ask during the interview. It's important that you use the interview as an opportunity to find out if the role is right for you (as well as the other way around). Asking questions during the interview also demonstrates your enthusiasm and preparedness for the role.
When it comes to an interview, you can never be too prepared. Spending time carefully considering your responses in advance will bring you several steps closer to securing that role.

其實，成份嘢最令魔術師覺得不安的就係嗰種「工資奴」心態。要知道，打工又好做僱主又好，雖然話薪金同勞力係一買一賣的關係，但實情上雙方都係找尋緊一個可以合作的伙伴，做老闆的請着個能幹的伙計當然可以減輕自己不少負擔，打工的開開心心返工開開心心放工，maintain 住個 work-life balance 亦係最緊要的事。正所謂出嚟行，大家都係求財唔係求氣，好似山竹過後咁，打工仔無謂下下都要就住老闆扮矮人（反之亦然），咁樣合作關係先至可以長久架嘛！