Job interview
How a Swiss interview runs, which questions come up, and what to say about salary.
The sequence is more predictable than its reputation: self-introduction, the technical part, your questions to the employer, salary at the end. What differs is the tone — sober, concrete, little self-marketing.
Our preparation generates the questions from the advert and your CV and gives you a cheat sheet to take along, rather than a generic list of standard questions.
The basics
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- What is different in a second interview?
- After a job rejection in Switzerland: what the law covers and what it does not3
- Why should we hire you?
- Why do you want to work here?
- How long does a reply usually take after a job interview in Switzerland?
- What should I check in the contract before signing?
- What is wrong with my interview technique?
- Why do I keep failing interviews?
- Why was I rejected after an interview that felt good?
- Why don't they get back to me after the interview?
- What is HR actually looking for in the first interview?
- Hiring interview (Einstellungsgespräch): which questions are coming — and how do I prepare?
Step by step
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- How do I practise a job interview on my own?
- How does an assessment centre work?3
- Where do you see yourself in five years?
- What questions should I ask the employer?
- How do I introduce myself in two minutes?
- How do I answer the weakness question?
- How do I answer the salary question in a Swiss interview?
- How does the STAR method work?
- How does a phone screening work?
- How do I prepare for a video interview?
- How do I handle a case study?
- How do I prepare for a technical interview?
- How do I explain a gap in an interview?
- How do I explain frequent job changes?
- How do I explain being dismissed in a job interview?
- How do I talk about my current employer in a Swiss job interview?
- Which interview questions are illegal in Switzerland?
- How do I handle an unfair question in a Swiss job interview?
- How do I interview in English in Switzerland?
- How do I cope with Swiss German in an interview?
- How do I prepare good examples for a job interview in Switzerland?
- How do I answer behavioural questions in a Swiss interview?
- How do I deal with interview nerves?
- How do I negotiate at the end of an interview?
- Should I send a thank-you email after an interview in Switzerland?
- How do I follow up after an interview?
- How does a trial day work?
Tools compared
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- What is an alternative to hiring an interview coach?
- What is an alternative to the jobs.ch Job Coach?
- What is an alternative to YouTube videos for interview preparation?
- What is an alternative to ChatGPT for interview preparation?2
- What are the best tools for interview preparation in Switzerland?2
- Where can I find the questions Swiss employers actually ask in interviews?
- What is an alternative to assessment-centre training?
- What motivates you at work?
- What are your strengths — and how do I back them up?
- How do you work in a team? Examples that convince
- Tell me about yourself — what does the employer actually want to hear?
- What do you know about our company?
- Why do you want to leave your current job?
- What was your biggest professional success?
- How do you handle conflict at work?
- How do you take criticism?
- Tell us about a failure — the question behind the question
- How do you handle stress and pressure?
- Do you have other applications running?
- When could you start?
- What do you do in your free time — and why does HR ask?
- How is an interview answer scored?
- Rate my answer to an interview question