#HR Interview Questions for Freshers with best Answers and Examples

Best way to answer frequently asked HR Interview Questions for Freshers on Questions like Tell me about yourself. Why should we hire you, your strengths and weaknesses, how to handle challenging situation, your hobbies and interests, inspiring person in your life, change management, flexibility, Why do you want to work for us, about the company, expectations from your first job etc.  Before we start, remember that, in a HR interview, there is no right or wrong answer. All you have is a right way of answering, but the answer in itself depends on the candidate.

Before you dig into the questions and answers for a fresher HR interview, it will be helpful to read the introduction article here - HR Interview Preparation Tips for Freshers . Earlier article explains how one prepare for a HR interview.

Let us split up the questions into few categories, which will be

• About Candidate
• About Company
• About Common stuffs

HR Questions about Candidate

Hello, how are you today ?

This is more of a “make yourself comfortable” statements. Answer with a pleasant smile. If you had any trouble during the day, don’t hesitate to mention it. But make sure you express it in a positive note.

• “I am very well today sir, thank you”.
• “I am very well today sir, just that the traffic here is bit of a hassle. But I made sure, I start a bit early to beat it.”

Tell me about yourself.

The FIRST BEST question for any HR interview. The answer to this basically sets the tone of rest of the interview. Good news is – You can earn a lot of points if this is answered right.

• Give a brief of your education background (up to plus two is fine, your family and location, any of your hobbies etc.
• You can also mention one of your major achievements, if it fits the circumstance.
• Keep the answer to just about 3-4 sentences and not more than that.
• No need to explain your strengths weakness at this points (as that will definitely come along).
• A common mistake seen is most HR interview is to start the sentence like “I am basically from. ” No need to start a sentence like that.
• Keep the answer simple, to the point and give space and time for further questions. Do not stretch it too much.

“Hi I am Kiran and hails from Bangalore. I did my B.Tech in electronics and communication from Rameswara College of engineering, which is under Bangalore University. I had completed my plus two from Chinmaya Vidhya Mission School and secured 98% in CBSE Boards. I have four members in my family and I am the youngest son. I love outdoor sports, specifically athletics and was a member of college athletic team.”

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What are your key strengths ?

This is another most common question in any HR interview. The idea here is to understand how much you know about yourself and how confident you are about your strengths.

• Just stay positive. Even a simple answer like “I am a very positive person” is good enough.
• You can also change this as per the requirement of the interview. Knowing a bit about the profile you are being interviewed helps as well.
• Explaining your strength with an experience from the past is desirable here.

• “Sir, my greatest strength is my ability to learn things quickly. For example, I had to represent my college in an inter college science exhibition, and was introduced to the team at the very last minute. I was able to understand our exhibits and artifacts and present them with great success”.
• “I think my greatest strength is my positive attitude, even during the most hardest of times. During my college project, there has been couple of occasions, when our idea was not falling in place and the results were negative. I had to believe and think positively and keep my team motivated to persist on our idea, and finally we got the desired result.”
• “My best skill would be my verbal ability and articulation skill. I have worked as editor for our college magazine and have been involved with various literary forums during my school and college days.