OK, I know that almost any question can seem tough. But compared with ‘How long have you been in your current job?’, these questions are really tough. They’re not necessarily intended to make you wriggle (though some are); they may simply be the interviewer’s best way of finding out what they need to know.
As far as the interviewer is concerned, this isn’t a competition. You’re both on the same side, so there should be no element of trying to get the better of you, or knock you down a peg or two; certainly not if your interviewer is professional. Tough questions are generally tough simply because you’re not sure how to answer them.
But the point ...
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