You created the best possible resume and waited anxiously until you heard from the potential recruiter or employer. You should now be prepared for a big interview if you want an offer. Prepare for your IT by studying some of the most common interview questions.

1. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

2. Describe your management experience. How many people worked under you? What were your responsibilities?

3. Why are you interested in working with us? Why would you want to work here?

4. Why do you want to leave your current position, or why did you leave your last position?

5. Would you be willing to travel? How often could you travel? Would you be willing to use your own vehicle? Could you move? How much notice would you need?

6. What is your most successful professional achievement?

7. Mention a difficult situation you had with a co-worker/subordinate and how you managed to rectify it.

8. What do you hope to accomplish in your first month/six months/year on the job?

9. Tell me three words that best describe you. How would others describe you? If you had to call your boss/former boss, how would he describe you?

10. How would you deal with an angry customer?

11. What makes you more suitable for this job than someone else?

12. What motivates you?

13. Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your boss and how you handled that situation.

14. What are your professional goals? How long do you see yourself working with this company?

15. What do you like most and least about working in this industry?

16. What questions do you have for me about this company/position?

17. What are your salary requirements?

18. Explain any gaps in your employment history. Explain any career changes and why you felt the need for a change.

19. Where do you see yourself in 5, 10, 20 years?

20. Tell me a little about yourself.

Study these questions and decide on the answer that suits you best. Honesty and thoroughness are vital. Trust is often the most important of all. Try not to make the answers too easy. A potential employer can see through prepared responses. Also, be sure to listen. If you focus too much on how to answer the question, you may not hear the question correctly.

Even with this guide, your interviewer will likely have some questions you weren’t prepared for. Questions like “Who would win a fight between Spiderman and Batman?” and “Describe the color yellow to someone blind?” have been asked by the likes of Stanford University and Spirit Airlines. The secret to answering these types of questions is to remain calm, respond quickly, and not feel flustered by their offbeat nature.

Once you’ve read and answered these questions yourself, you’re ready to answer them out loud to someone else. Good luck.