[ Layout and positioning for Favorite Interview Questions Asked by Employers ]
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Please tell me
about yourself. Make a short
statement of
your education and
professional achievements and professional goals. Then,
briefly describe your
qualifications for the job and
the
contributions you could make to the organization. |
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How would you handle rejection? |
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Who or what had
the greatest influence on your life? |
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How would you
describe yourself? |
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What are some of
the greatest personal
challenges you
have faced during your
lifetime? |
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What are some of
your personal goals, and have
you
achieved them? |
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What skills and
abilities do you possess that will help
make you successful
in today's job market?
Please
discuss some of your past
leadership roles
and your accomplishments in them. Please describe a frustrating experience from school or work, and
tell me how you
dealt with it. How do
you interact with
people around
you (i.e. leadership, communication,
socializing, etc.)? |
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Why should our
organization hire you? For you, what are some of the pros
and cons of working on a team project?
Have you ever supervised someone in a similar position
with another
organization? How would you describe your supervisory style?
Who was the most difficult person you
have ever dealt with,
and how did you respond? |
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How did you
organize your time in school/work/play? What
are your major
strengths and weaknesses? What personal
factors do you consider most important when evaluating yourself?
In what
organizational structure do you function best? What
organizational techniques do you use on a
daily basis to
accomplish your academic, work, and
social goals? |
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Please tell me
about your communication skills, your
personal skills
relevant to work experiences, and your problem-solving
abilities. Please describe
your leadership
style. What
skills and/or special qualities do you possess
for this job
that would make you stand out from other candidates? How well do you work with others? What
skills and abilities do
you bring to this job? Please list
three personal attributes
that you would like to improve, and tell me any efforts
you've made to make improvements in these areas. |
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What do you see
as your greatest challenge when starting a new career? How
would your friends describe
you? What motivates you to put
forth your greatest
effort? In what areas are you working to
improve? Who
are two people you admire and respect the most,
and
why? What aspects of your job at the XYZ organization were most frustrating? |
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If you could
create the perfect job for yourself, what
would you be
doing? What is special about you that you
feel would make
you an attractive candidate for our
organization? How would
others describe your
weaknesses? How do you organize your
time? |
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With what
extracurricular activities have you been involved? Please
tell me about your accomplishments in extracurricular
activities. What
have been your greatest challenges for improvement of a campus organization?
What do you enjoy
doing most? Please describe your
most rewarding college
experiences. Please cite examples
of the challenges you
experienced during your leadership positions with campus
activities. |
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If you could
relive your college experiences, what
would
you do
differently? What changes would you make in your overall
campus life? During your campus activities, what
positions
did you hold? What were your major
responsibilities in these
organizations? What did you like best/least about these
positions? Did you have an
opportunity to work as a member
of a team? If so, please explain. What were some of the
problems you encountered? |
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What are your
long range goals and objectives?
How are
you preparing to
achieve them? What are
your goals and aspirations for the
next three
years? five years? ten
years? What are your short
and long-term goals? What
are your standards of
success/goals for a job? Are you
goal oriented?
The
interviewer wants to know if your
plans and
the company's
goals are compatible. Let him
know that you are ambitious
enough to plan
ahead. Talk about your desire to learn more
and improve your
performance, and be specific as
possible
about how you
will meet the goals you
have set for yourself. |
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Why do you think
you would be good at this
profession
(sales, retailing,
marketing, etc.)?
Please describe your
ideal job. Why are
you
interested in this industry/profession/ occupation?
What are your career interests?
What work would
you like to
do that really interests you? In what environment do you
want to work? |
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What geographical
location interests you most
when working? Please tell me
about your plans for
the future.
What is your timetable for
achievement
of your current career goals? |
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Do you prefer
theoretical or practical problems?
Why do
you want to work
for XYZ company? In
this organization,
where do you see
yourself in five years? Please tell me
five things about
yourself
that would make you an asset
to any organization
that hired you. |
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Are you creative?
. . . I am writing a book entitled
"101
Everyday Uses
for the Common Red Brick."
Can you give
me five uses
for the common red
brick? |
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Please look at
this photograph of an electronic
gadget, because you would
be working with others
to enhance
its capabilities. It
operates a
helicopter hovering over
an ocean platform. What
are some concerns that you would place on your checklist
to
consider before you
started this
project? |
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What could you
see as the major objectives of
this job? If you were hired
by our organization,
how would
you
identity the major roles
and responsibilities
of your new
position? |
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What roles and
responsibilities have you accepted
in
work, social, and
other activities? What is your purpose
in life? For what
companies have you
worked, and were
they good or bad, and
why?
What have you admired in
people who have
previously
supervised your work? What
haven't
you admired in these
individuals? (In general,
questions related to work ethic
and value systems might also be posed.) |
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In your opinion,
what does it take to be effective
in sales
or marketing?
What are your personal motivational
techniques? How would
you resolve
conflict in a group
situation? If you were given
this assignment, how would
you proceed? |
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Why did you
choose this major field of study? Why
did
you choose your
particular college or university? What
were your favorite
college courses, those
you liked most?
Least? Why? Please
tell me about
accomplishments in your academic program that
are relevant to your future career
goals. |
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What is your
grade point average (GPA)? How do
you feel
about this?
Should grades be used as an indicator of
future career
potential when an
organization is
considering new college
graduates?
What were your
reactions to instructors or
college faculty during your
academic program? How would
you
relate your academic accomplishments to
future career
aspirations? How satisfied are you
with your accomplishments
in this
academic
program? |
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What electives
did you take outside of your major? Why did you choose these
courses? What was
the most difficult aspect of obtaining a
college
degree?
What are
your academic strengths? What
courses
gave you the
most difficulty? If you could, what
changes would you
make in your school's academic program? |
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In addition to
your educational and professional
experiences, what else
would you like us to know
about you in order to make an
appropriate
decision? Please tell me about some of the
accomplishments
you achieved during college and
which make
you the proudest. |
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How did you
finance your education? What are
your
greatest achievements
at this point in your
life? Of what accomplishments are you
most
proud? |
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What prior work
experiences have you had? What
were
your accomplishments in
these prior work experiences?
What were your most
significant achievements? What
problems did you experience
while on the job? What
would your last two
employers say
about you as an
employee, either
good or bad? |
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What projects
were accomplished during your
time on
the job? How were
these accomplished?
What
experiences did you have when
meeting
deadlines for
project completion? Explain. What
can
you tell me that you enjoyed most about your previous job
experiences? Least? |
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Can you tell me
about your toughest job
assignment?
Please tell me about a
conflict
situation and how you
resolved it. |
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What life
experiences have given you the greatest
reward? What one
experience proved to you that
you
would be a capable
manager? Please elaborate
on one of the work experiences
listed on your
resume. Please tell
me about the
duties/requirements of your last job. What
did you see as
your major
strengths and/or weaknesses
on this job? |
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Are you willing
to relocate? Do you mind traveling?
How
do you feel about
relocating during a career
with XYZ
company? |
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Why did you
select XYZ company? Why do you
want
our training program
over others? What are
your
expectations of the XYZ company?
Why do
you want
to work in the position you are seeking?
What attracts
you to this industry? Other
industries? Why
are you
interviewing with XYZ company? What do you know
about
our company?
Who else are you interviewing in your job
search?
Why did you choose to interview with our
company?
What personal qualities do you bring
to this
firm? |
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What company
benefits are most important to
you? How
do you feel about an
income made up
totally of
commissions? When comparing one
company offer to
another, what factors will be important to
you besides
starting salary? How
important is starting
salary to you
when
considering our company's job offer? |
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What salary are
you expecting? You probably
don't want
to answer this one
directly. Instead,
deflect the question
back to the
interviewer by
saying something like: "I don't know.
What are you planning on paying the best candidate?"
Let the employer make the first offer. |
