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PERSONAL
1. Tell me about yourself. (Try to focus on your present and past work experiences and how it relates to the job).
2. What are your hobbies? (They like to ask this question)
3. Why did you choose to interview with our organization?
4. Why are you leaving your current position?
5. Describe your ideal job.
6. What can you offer us?
7. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths? (Important to relate to job description)
8. Can you name some weaknesses? (Important to relate to job description)
9. Define success. Failure.
10. Have you ever had any failures? What did you learn from them?
11. Accomplishments you are most proud of?
12. How does your college education or work experience relate to this job?
13. What motives you in a job?
14. Tell us a time when there was poor communication and what did you do?
15. Have you had difficulty getting along with someone and how did you handle it?
16. Have you ever presented before a group?
17. What makes you qualified for this position or why should we hire you?
18. The sign of a good employee is the ability to take the initiative. Can you describe situations like this about yourself?
19. Research the company to ask relevant questions.
20. Where do you want to be in five year? (very important to know)
EDUCATION
1. Why did you choose your major and university?
2. Do you think you received a good education? In what ways?
3. What campus activities were you involved in? Any leadership roles?
4. What classes in your major did you like the best? Least? Why?
5. If you were to start over what would you change about your education?
EXPERIENCE
1. What job related skills have you developed?
2. What did you learn from your experiences?
3. What did you enjoy the most or least about your job? This is a question to trick you into saying something bad. Always say positive things.
4. Have you ever quit a job and why?
5. Give me an example of a situation in which you provided a solution to an employer.
6. Give me an example of a time in which you worked under deadline pressure.
7. Have you ever done any volunteer work and why?
8. How do you think a former supervisor would describe your work?
CAREER GOALS
1. Do you prefer to work under supervision or on your own? Anther trick question.
2. What kind of boss do you prefer?
3. Would you be successful working on a team?
4. What other positions are you considering?
5. How do you feel about working in a structured environment?
6. Are you able to work on several assignments at once?
7. Are you willing to work flextime?
BEHAVIOR BASED QUESTIONS
1. What do you feel have been your most significant work/school related accomplishments?
2. Give me an instance when you felt most pressured and stressed in your work/school?
3. Tell me about a time you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas or point of view? What was the result?
4. Describe the most valuable criticism you have received and what you did with it?
5. Tell me about the last time you made a decision that backfired. How did you resolve it?
6. Give me an example when a project/situation that demanded attention to detail?
7. Tell me about the last time you felt anger on the job. How did you deal with the anger?
8. Tell me about an event that really challenged you?
9. Tell me about the most difficult or frustrating person with whom you have worked. What did you do to deal with that person?
10. Describe the supervisor you liked the least? Anther trick question.
QUESTIONS
1. Can I progress at my own pace or is it structured?
2. What are the most critical aspects of this position?
3. What are the most important objectives for the person filling this position?
4. What characteristics-personal and technical must an individual possess to be successful in this position?
5. Ask a few strategic questions that demonstrate your intelligence, analytical, and assertiveness.
6. What would an average day be like?
7. Based on your background, how well do I fit in?
8. Why is this position available?
9. May I have your business card. Always ask for this.
10. What is the next step in the interview process? Is there a timeframe for the final decision?
11. What made you choose this position and company?
CLOSING THE INTERVIEW
1. Don’t talk salary. If you are asked then say, “The opportunity is what is important to me.”
2. State your interest in the position. Don’t overdo it though.
3. Always send a thank you note.
The link is below if you want to download it. It's in word format.
http://rapidshare.com/files/72087490/Preparing_for_an_interview.doc.html
1. Tell me about yourself. (Try to focus on your present and past work experiences and how it relates to the job).
2. What are your hobbies? (They like to ask this question)
3. Why did you choose to interview with our organization?
4. Why are you leaving your current position?
5. Describe your ideal job.
6. What can you offer us?
7. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths? (Important to relate to job description)
8. Can you name some weaknesses? (Important to relate to job description)
9. Define success. Failure.
10. Have you ever had any failures? What did you learn from them?
11. Accomplishments you are most proud of?
12. How does your college education or work experience relate to this job?
13. What motives you in a job?
14. Tell us a time when there was poor communication and what did you do?
15. Have you had difficulty getting along with someone and how did you handle it?
16. Have you ever presented before a group?
17. What makes you qualified for this position or why should we hire you?
18. The sign of a good employee is the ability to take the initiative. Can you describe situations like this about yourself?
19. Research the company to ask relevant questions.
20. Where do you want to be in five year? (very important to know)
EDUCATION
1. Why did you choose your major and university?
2. Do you think you received a good education? In what ways?
3. What campus activities were you involved in? Any leadership roles?
4. What classes in your major did you like the best? Least? Why?
5. If you were to start over what would you change about your education?
EXPERIENCE
1. What job related skills have you developed?
2. What did you learn from your experiences?
3. What did you enjoy the most or least about your job? This is a question to trick you into saying something bad. Always say positive things.
4. Have you ever quit a job and why?
5. Give me an example of a situation in which you provided a solution to an employer.
6. Give me an example of a time in which you worked under deadline pressure.
7. Have you ever done any volunteer work and why?
8. How do you think a former supervisor would describe your work?
CAREER GOALS
1. Do you prefer to work under supervision or on your own? Anther trick question.
2. What kind of boss do you prefer?
3. Would you be successful working on a team?
4. What other positions are you considering?
5. How do you feel about working in a structured environment?
6. Are you able to work on several assignments at once?
7. Are you willing to work flextime?
BEHAVIOR BASED QUESTIONS
1. What do you feel have been your most significant work/school related accomplishments?
2. Give me an instance when you felt most pressured and stressed in your work/school?
3. Tell me about a time you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas or point of view? What was the result?
4. Describe the most valuable criticism you have received and what you did with it?
5. Tell me about the last time you made a decision that backfired. How did you resolve it?
6. Give me an example when a project/situation that demanded attention to detail?
7. Tell me about the last time you felt anger on the job. How did you deal with the anger?
8. Tell me about an event that really challenged you?
9. Tell me about the most difficult or frustrating person with whom you have worked. What did you do to deal with that person?
10. Describe the supervisor you liked the least? Anther trick question.
QUESTIONS
1. Can I progress at my own pace or is it structured?
2. What are the most critical aspects of this position?
3. What are the most important objectives for the person filling this position?
4. What characteristics-personal and technical must an individual possess to be successful in this position?
5. Ask a few strategic questions that demonstrate your intelligence, analytical, and assertiveness.
6. What would an average day be like?
7. Based on your background, how well do I fit in?
8. Why is this position available?
9. May I have your business card. Always ask for this.
10. What is the next step in the interview process? Is there a timeframe for the final decision?
11. What made you choose this position and company?
CLOSING THE INTERVIEW
1. Don’t talk salary. If you are asked then say, “The opportunity is what is important to me.”
2. State your interest in the position. Don’t overdo it though.
3. Always send a thank you note.
The link is below if you want to download it. It's in word format.
http://rapidshare.com/files/72087490/Preparing_for_an_interview.doc.html
