How do you deflect questions you don’t want to answer?
8 ways to deflect tough interview questions
- Acknowledge the question without answering it. …
- Ignore the question completely. …
- Question the question. …
- Attack the question, …
- Decline to answer. …
- Give an incomplete answer. …
- State or imply the question has already been answered. …
- Defer to the will of others.
How do you deal with intrusive questions?
Three ways to handle intrusive questions
- Talk about the question. If the other person is someone you’ll be seeing more of in the future, a direct approach can be useful to clarify the situation once and for all (hopefully). …
- Answer without answering. …
- Try humour.