Keep your answer brief, just a couple minutes. Use your resume as a starting point. Use some action verbs that relate your experience to the position.

This is one of the most important questions in an interview. It shows if you are serious about the opportunity or not. Do your homework before the interview and spend some time online or at the library researching the company. Find out as much as you can, including products, size, income, reputation, image, management talent, people, skills, history, and philosophy. You want the interviewer to be confident that you know about the company but let the interviewer tell you about the company.

This question can be a rough one if you are not prepared. Try and focus on what you can do for the company and how you can contribute to a certain team/project or the company as a whole.

Give examples of past experience that shows you've had success in solving a past employer's problem(s) that may be similar to those of the prospective employer. Keep everything positive and do not say anything negative about your previous employer.

List three or more attractive factors and only one minor unattractive factor.

The company should hire you because of your knowledge, abilities, experience and skills.

An opportunity to utilize your skills, contribute to the team/project and to be recognized.

Keep it brief. Use a definition that lists actions and expected results.

Not very long -- you expect only a brief grace period of adjustment to the learning curve and then you are off and running.

As long as we both feel I'm contributing, achieving, and growing.