{"id":2853,"date":"2022-02-25T13:54:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/13-ways-not-to-answer-interview-questions\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T12:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:28:18","slug":"13-ways-not-to-answer-interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparkpoint.eu\/en\/13-ways-not-to-answer-interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Ways not to answer interview questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]There are three types of questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The ones you want to answer.<\/li>\n<li>The ones you don&#8217;t want to answer.<\/li>\n<li>Those who do not belong here.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Since it&#8217;s often more difficult not to answer a question than to answer it, here&#8217;s my comprehensive list of how to answer a question without answering it:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ignore the question.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm the question without answering it.<\/li>\n<li>Question the question.<\/li>\n<li>Ask for more information about the question.<\/li>\n<li>Question the question.\n<ul>\n<li>The question does not address the key issue under discussion<\/li>\n<li>The question is hypothetical or speculative<\/li>\n<li>The question is based on a faulty premise<\/li>\n<li>The question is not correct<\/li>\n<li>The question contains a quote taken out of context<\/li>\n<li>The question is insulting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>  Refuse to answer.\n<ul>\n<li>Because you do not want to answer.<\/li>\n<li>Because you can not answer.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I can&#8217;t speak for anyone else.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>  Delay the answer (&#8220;you have to wait and then you will see&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>Say you don&#8217;t know anything about the subject.<\/li>\n<li>Give an incomplete answer.\n<ul>\n<li>Start the answer, but do not finish it (interrupt yourself)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Giving a &#8220;negative&#8221; answer: you say what will not happen instead of what will happen.<\/li>\n<li>Repeat the answer to another question<\/li>\n<li>Say or imply that the question has already been answered<\/li>\n<li>Taking the question literally<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Of course, this is only the theory. And just as you can&#8217;t learn to swim from books, practice is critical to success. And since a non-swimmer doesn&#8217;t jump into deep water right away, but starts in knee-high water, we offer very practical <a href=\"https:\/\/resonanzkraft.net\/medientraining\/\">media training<\/a> for preparing <strong>press interviews<\/strong>, <strong>press meetings<\/strong> and <strong>press conferences<\/strong>. Our customers love these trainings because they are the <strong>optimal preparation<\/strong>!<br \/>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three types of questions: The ones you want to answer. The ones you don&#8217;t want to answer. Those who do not belong here. Since it&#8217;s often more difficult not to answer a question than to answer it, here&#8217;s my comprehensive list of how to answer a question without answering it: Ignore the question. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Es gibt drei Arten von Fragen:<\/p><ol><li>Diejenigen, die Sie beantworten m\u00f6chten.<\/li><li>Diejenigen, die Sie nicht beantworten wollen.<\/li><li>Diejenigen, die hier nicht hingeh\u00f6ren.<\/li><\/ol><p>Da es oft schwieriger ist, eine Frage nicht zu beantworten, als sie zu beantworten, finden Sie hier meine umfassende Liste wie Sie eine Fragen beantworten, ohne sie zu beantworten:<\/p><ol><li>Ignorieren Sie die Frage.<\/li><li>Best\u00e4tigen Sie die Frage, ohne sie zu beantworten.<\/li><li>Hinterfragen Sie die Frage.<\/li><li>Fordern Sie mehr Informationen zu der Frage.<\/li><li>Stellen Sie die Frage infrage.<ul><li>Die Frage befasst sich nicht mit dem Schl\u00fcsselthema, das zur Diskussion steht<\/li><li>Die Frage ist hypothetisch oder spekulativ<\/li><li>Die Frage basiert auf einer fehlerhaften Pr\u00e4misse<\/li><li>Die Frage ist nicht korrekt<\/li><li>Die Frage enth\u00e4lt ein Zitat, das aus dem Zusammenhang gerissen wurde<\/li><li>Die Frage ist beleidigend<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>\u00a0Verweigern Sie eine Antwort.<ul><li>Weil Sie nicht antworten wollen.<\/li><li>Weil Sie nicht antworten k\u00f6nnen.<\/li><li>\u201eIch kann nicht f\u00fcr jemand anderen sprechen.\u201c<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>\u00a0Verz\u00f6gern Sie die Antwort (\u201eSie m\u00fcssen abwarten und dann werden Sie sehen\u201c)<\/li><li>Sagen Sie, Sie w\u00fcssten nichts \u00fcber das Thema.<\/li><li>Geben Sie eine unvollst\u00e4ndige Antwort.<ul><li>Beginnen Sie mit der Antwort, f\u00fchren Sie sie aber nicht zu Ende (sich selbst unterbrechen)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Eine \u201enegative\u201c Antwort geben: Sie sagen, was nicht passieren wird, statt was passieren wird.<\/li><li>Die Antwort auf eine andere Frage wiederholen<\/li><li>Sagen oder implizieren, dass die Frage bereits beantwortet wurde<\/li><li>Die Frage w\u00f6rtlich nehmen<\/li><\/ol><p>Das ist nat\u00fcrlich nur die Theorie. Und ebenso wie man Schwimmen nicht aus B\u00fcchern lernen kann, ist die Praxis erfolgsentscheidend. Und da ein Nichtschwimmer nicht gleich in das tiefe Wasser springt, sondern erst im kniehohen Wasser anf\u00e4ngt, bieten wir sehr praxisorientierte\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/resonanzkraft.net\/medientraining\/\">Medientrainings<\/a>\u00a0f\u00fcr Vorbereitung von\u00a0<strong>Presseinterviews<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Pressegespr\u00e4chen<\/strong>\u00a0und\u00a0<strong>Pressekonferenzen<\/strong>. Unsere Kunden lieben diese Trainings, denn sie sind bieten die\u00a0<strong>optimale Vorbereitung<\/strong>!<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conversational","category-media-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are three types of questions: The ones you want to answer. The ones you don\u2019t want to answer. Those who do not belong here. 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