1. What are your
strengths?
2. What are your
weaknesses?
3. Why are you
interested in working for [insert company name here]?
4. Where do you see
yourself in 5 years? 10 years?
5. Why do you want to
leave your current company?
6. Why was there a
gap in your employment between [insert date] and [insert date]?
7. What can you offer
us that someone else can not?
8. What are three
things your former manager would like you to improve on?
9. Are you willing to
relocate?
10. Are you willing
to travel?
11. Tell me about an
accomplishment you are most proud of.
12. Tell me about a
time you made a mistake.
13. What is your
dream job?
14. How did you hear
about this position?
15. What would you
look to accomplish in the first 30 days/60 days/90 days on the job?
16. Discuss your
resume.
17. Discuss your
educational background.
18. Describe
yourself.
19. Tell me how you
handled a difficult situation.
20. Why should we
hire you?
21. Why are you
looking for a new job?
22. Would you work
holidays/weekends?
23. How would you
deal with an angry or irate customer?
24. What are your
salary requirements?
25. Give a time when
you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.
26. Who are our
competitors?
27. What was your
biggest failure?
28. What motivates
you?
29. What’s your
availability?
30. Who’s your
mentor?
31. Tell me about a
time when you disagreed with your boss.
32. How do you handle
pressure?
33. What is the name
of our CEO?
34. What are your career
goals?
35. What gets you up
in the morning?
36. What would your
direct reports say about you?
37. What were your
bosses’ strengths/weaknesses?
38. If I called your
boss right now and asked him what is an area that you could improve
on, what would
he/she say?
39. Are you a leader
or a follower?
40. What was the last
book you’ve read for fun?
41. What are your
co-worker pet peeves?
42. What are your
hobbies?
43. What is your
favorite website?
44. What makes you
uncomfortable?
45. What are some of
your leadership experiences?
46. How would you
fire someone?
47. What do you like
the most and least about working in this industry?
48. Would you work
40+ hours a week?
49. What questions
haven’t I asked you?
50. What questions do
you have for me?
1. What was the last
project you headed up, and what was its outcome?
2. Give me an example
of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.
3. Can you describe a
time when your work was criticized?
4. Have you ever been
on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you
handle it?
5. Tell me about a
time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?
6. What is your
greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?
7. What irritates you
about other people, and how do you deal with it?
8. If I were your
supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would
you
do?
9. What was the most
difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?
10. Give me an
example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?
11. What irritates
you about other people, and how do you deal with it?
12. Tell me about a
time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.
13. If you found out
your company was doing something against the law, like fraud, what would you
do?
14. What assignment
was too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue?
15. What's the most
difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to
that
decision?
16. Describe how you
would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the
end
of the day, and
there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.
1. Tell me about your
proudest achievement.
2. Who was your
favorite manager and why?
3. What do you think
of your previous boss?
4. Was there a person
in your career who really made a difference?
5. What kind of
personality do you work best with and why?
6. What are you most
proud of?
7. What do you like
to do?
8. What are your
lifelong dreams?
9. What do you
ultimately want to become?
10. What is your
personal mission statement?
11. What are three
positive things your last boss would say about you?
12. What negative
thing would your last boss say about you?
13. What three
character traits would your friends use to describe you?
14. What are three
positive character traits you don't have?
15. If you were
interviewing someone for this position, what traits would you look for?
16. List five words
that describe your character.
17. Who has impacted
you most in your career and how?
18. What is your
greatest fear?
19. What is your
biggest regret and why?
20. What's the most
important thing you learned in school?
21. Why did you
choose your major?
22. What will you
miss about your present/last job?
23. What is your
greatest achievement outside of work?
24. What are the
qualities of a good leader? A bad leader?
25. Do you think a
leader should be feared or liked?
26. How do you feel
about taking no for an answer?
27. How would you
feel about working for someone who knows less than you?
28. How do you think
I rate as an interviewer?
29. Tell me one thing
about yourself you wouldn't want me to know.
30. Tell me the
difference between good and exceptional.
31. What kind of car
do you drive?
32. There's no right
or wrong answer, but if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where
would you be?
33. What's the last
book you read?
34. What magazines do
you subscribe to?
35. What's the best
movie you've seen in the last year?
36. What would you do
if you won the lottery?
37. Who are your
heroes?
38. What do you like
to do for fun?
39. What do you do in
your spare time?
40. What is your
favorite memory from childhood?
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