Job Interview Questions

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1. Why did you leave your last job?
2. Why should I hire you?
3. What are your strongest abilities?
4. How do your skills relate to our needs?
5. What are your long range and short range goals and objectives?
6. What specific goals other than those related to your occupation, have you established for yourself for the next ten years?
7. How would a good friend describe you?
8. Describe how you schedule your time on an unusually hectic day. Give a specific example.
9. Describe the best job you've ever had.
10. Describe the best supervisor you've ever had.
11. What would your last boss say about your work performance?
12. Name two things that you would like to accomplish while working here.
13. What motivates you to go the extra mile on a project or job?
14. What makes you qualified for this position?
15. What are you looking for?
16. Would you accept part time or temporary work?
17. Are you willing to work overtime?
18. What would you like to know about our firm?
19. Tell me something about yourself?
20. What are your greatest strengths/weaknesses?
21. What is the funniest thing you have ever done?
22. Where do you want to be in 5 years?
23. Why do you want to work for us?
24. Where did you grow up?
25. What if I told you that you'd work very hard, but recognition of your contributions would be nil?
26. What have you disliked in your past jobs?
27. What kinds of people do you enjoy working with?
28. What kinds of people frustrate you?
29. How long before you can make a contribution?
30. In the past year, what have you been dissatisfied about in your performance?
31. How long a commitment do you plan to give me?
32. Have you ever been involved in volunteer work?
33. What did you learn from the volunteer work that you performed?
34. What are the attributes of a good leader?
35. Do you consider yourself a leader?
36. What do you see yourself doing five years from now? Ten years from now?
37. What do you really want to do in life?
38. What are your long range career objectives?
39. How do you plan to achieve your career goals?
40. What do you expect to be earning in five years?
41. How important is it for you to receive verbal recognition of your work successes?
42. Why did you choose this career?
43. Can you explain any gaps in your employment history?
44. How well do you work with people? Do you prefer working alone or in teams?
45. Have you ever had difficulty with a supervisor? How did you resolve the conflict?
46. What's more important to you -- the work itself or how much you’re paid for doing it?
47. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
48. Describe the workload in your current (or most recent) job.
49. Which is more important: creativity or efficiency? Why?
50. What's the most recent book you've read?
51. Describe the relationship that should exist between the supervisor and those reporting to him or her?
52. What can you tell me about your past bosses?
53. What is the scariest thing you have ever done?
54. What have you learned from your activities?
55. Were your extracurricular activities worth the time you put into them?
56. Who do you admire? Why?
57. What interests you about our company?
58. What do you get passionate about?
59. How long would it take for you to make a meaningful contribution?
60. How does this assignment fit into your overall career plan?
61. Describe your management style.
62. Are you willing to submit to a background check?
63. Are you taking any courses right now?
64. Have you ever managed a conflict? How?
65. What concerns you about our company?
66. Do you consider yourself to be a cheerful person?
67. What are the most important attributes of a good manager?
68. Do you have these attributes (of a good manager)?
69. Describe the most rewarding experience of your career thus far.
70. If you were hiring a job-seeker for this position, what qualities would you look for?
71. Do you have plans for continued study? An advanced degree?
72. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to be successful in this job?
73. In what kind of work environment are you most comfortable?
74. How do you work under pressure?
75. Are you good at delegating tasks?
76. What's one of the hardest decisions you've ever had to make?
77. How well do you adapt to new situations?
78. How many hours per week do you expect to work?
79. What interests you about our products/services?
80. What do you know about our company?
81. What can you do for us that someone else can't?
82. What do you look for in a job?
83. What are the most important rewards you expect in your career?
84. Why did you decide to apply for this position?
85. Give me an example of an important goal you had to set and tell me about your progress in reaching that goal.
86. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
87. What is more important to you: integrity or success?
88. List three of your most important/proudest accomplishments.
89. What kind of work environment do you prefer?
90. Do you have any supervisory experience?
91. How would you characterize your work ethic?
92. Describe a situation when you did not meet your supervisor's expectations. What did you do?
93. The person in this position needs to be innovative and proactive. Can you describe some things you have done to demonstrate these qualities?
94. How would you rate your communication skills and what have you done to improve them?
95. What else besides your school and job experience qualifies you for this job?
96. What is your experience with automated systems and with computers in general?
97. What have you read lately, and what are you reading now?
98. What professional groups are you a member of, and how active have you been in those groups?
99. How do you determine or evaluate success?
100. What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours?
101. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our company?
102. Do you have any hobbies? What do you do in your spare time?
103. Have you ever been fired or forced to resign?
104. How do you work in groups, and what experience have you had working in groups?
105. Why do you want to move to this area?
106. What are some aspects of your present position that you like?
107. What are some aspects of your present position that you dislike?
108. Are you easy to get along with?
109. What do you see as the future of the Internet as a business tool?
110. What would you say you learned from your college/graduate school experiences that you see being carried over to your life today?
111. What do you believe is the most difficult part of being a supervisor of people?
112. Why are you looking for a new career?
113. What do you think of your present or past boss?
114. Have you kept up in your field with additional training?
115. What does "failure" mean to you?
116. What are your three major accomplishments?
117. What position do you expect to have in 5 years?
118. If you took the job what would you accomplish in the first year?
119. What questions didn't I ask that you expected?
120. What do you know about our competitors?
121. How will you fit in with the corporate culture here?
122. What two or three things are most important to you in your job?
123. Are you seeking employment in a company of a certain size? Why?
124. What are your expectations regarding promotions and salary increases?
125. What criteria are you using to evaluate the company for which you hope to work?
126. Do you have a geographic preference? Why?
127. Are you willing to relocate?
128. How do you deal with competition?
129. If a background check were performed on you, what would it show?
130. What are some things you would like to avoid in a job? Why?
131. What are some of the things on your jobs that you feel you have done particularly well?
132. What are some of the things about your last job that you found difficult to do?
133. What are some of the problems you encounter in doing your job? Which one frustrates you the most? What do you usually do about it?
134. What was wrong with your current or last position?
135. What kind of hours are you used to working or would like to work?
136. Do you have your reference list with you?
137. Tell me about your salary history?
138. Give me an example of an important goal which you had set in the past and tell me about your success in reaching it.
139. How has your present job developed you to take on even greater responsibilities?
140. What do you have going for you that might make you successful in such a job?
141. Would you like my job?
142. What do you do when people disagree with your ideas?
143. Would you be willing to relocate in the future?
144. How long will you stay with the company?
145. What types of pressures do you experience on your current job? How do you cope with these pressures?
146. Would you take a Lie detector test?
147. What plan of action do you take when facing a problem ?
148. What is the most boring job you have ever done?
149. How did you do at it?
150. Have you ever taken a "long" lunch?
151. What is the most creative thing you have ever done?
152. How do you react to criticism by superiors if you believe it is unwarranted?
153. In your current job, do you make frequent use of e-mails?
154. Describe the best company you ever worked for?
155. Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most with regard to your career objectives?
156. What would you say there is about you that has accounted for your fine progress to date?
157. What traits or qualities do you feel could be strengthened or improved?
158. What motivates you to put forth your best effort?
159. What kinds of things do you feel most confident in doing? Somewhat less confident in doing?
160. What are some of the thing you are either doing now or have thought about doing that are self-development activities?
161. Tell me about a time when you had work problems or stresses that were difficult for you.
162. Describe a time when you were under pressure to make a decision. Did you react immediately or take time in deciding what to do?
163. What types of things make you angry? How do you react?
164. How do you react when you see co-workers disagreeing? Do you become involved or hold back?
165. Do you prefer to have a job in which you have well laid out tasks and responsibilities, or one in which your work changes on a frequent basis?
166. In your current position what types of decisions do you make without consulting your immediate supervisor?
167. What types of experiences have you had in dealing with difficult people?
168. Describe a problem person you have had to deal with. What did you say or do?
169. When have people really tried your patience?
170. What important goals have you set in the past, and how successful have you been in working toward their accomplishment?

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