General Interview Questions

Up 1. Would you tell me about yourself?

2. What experience do you have?

3. How much experience do you have?

4. Are you looking for a permanent or temporary job?

5. How would you define a self-starter? How do you rate yourself in this respect?

6. Describe your previous job(s). What did you like about your last job? What did you
dislike about your last job? What jobs have you enjoyed the most; the least;why?

7. What were the responsibilities of your last job(s)?

8. What jobs have you held? How were they obtained? How much experience do you
have?

9. What have you learned from some of the jobs you have held?

10. What interests you least about this job?

11. What interests you most about this job?

12. Tell me about something you've done that you're particularly proud of.

13. Have you done the best work you are capable of doing?

14. How did your boss get the best out of you?

15. How did your previous employer(s) treat you? How do you think a friend/former
co-worker would describe you?

16. Can you get recommendation from previous employers?

17. Why do you want to leave your current job? or Why did you leave your last job?

18. What is your educational background?

19. What kind of work interests you? What are you looking for in your next job?

20. In what type of position are you most interested?

21. Do you like routine tasks/regular hours?

22. How about overtime work?

23. Why did you decide to seek a position with this company? Why do you think you
might like to work for our company?

24. What do you know about our company?

25. What interests you about our product or service?

26. In what ways can you make a contribution to this organization?

27. In what ways would you like to change this organization?

28. What job in our company do you want to work toward?

29. What job in our company would you choose if you were entirely free to do so?

30. What do you think determines a person's progress in a good company?

31. What qualifications do you have that make you think you will succeed?

32. Why do you think you would like this particular type of work?

33. What are your reasons for leaving your last job?

34. Have you changed careers? Why?

35. Why should I hire you?

36. If you were hiring a person for this position, what qualities would you seek?

37. What are the two or tree most important things to you in your job?

38. What do you look for in a job?

39. How would you define "challenging" job?

40. When are you available for work?

41. What are your ideas on salary? What kind of salary do you expect; what was or is
your present salary? How much money do you hope to earn?

42. What do you hope to be earning two to five years from now?

43. How much are you making?

44. Have you ever been refused a salary increase?

45. What are your own special abilities?

46. What are your strengths?

47. What are your weaknesses? What are you doing or planning to do about them/it?

48. What have you learned from your mistakes?

49. How adaptable are you? Can you give me an example?

50. What are the two or three accomplishments that have given you the most
satisfaction?

51. What have you done which shows initiative and willingness to work?

52. What work situations irritate you the most; satisfy you the most?

53. Do you work well under pressure?

54. How do you react to the decisions and stress? What situations would trigger
these?

55. What makes you lose your temper?

56. What types of people seem to "rub you the wrong way"?

57. What kinds of people do you like to work with?

58. Is it an effort for you to be tolerant of persons with a background and interests
different from your own?

59. How do you react to criticism? Can you describe a situation where your work or
idea was criticized? What sorts of things do you criticize in other people?

60. Can you take instructions without feeling upset?

61. Will you fight to get ahead?

62. What motivates you the most?

63. Just what does success mean to you? How would you judge it?

64. How much responsibility do you like?

65. Do you like to take on responsibilities?

66. What are your future vocational plans?

67. What career goals have you established for yourself in the next five years?

68. What are your short-term and long-term goals?

69. How do you plan to achieve your goals?

70. What is your chief ambition?

71. Would you be willing to relocate?

72. Do you like to travel? How do you spend your spare time? What are your hobbies?

73. Do you enjoy sports as a participant? As an observer?

74. Do you have any questions?

75. Do you have a degree?

76. Do you prefer working with others or alone?

77. Have you ever had difficulties getting along with others?

78. What kind of people do you like to work with?

79. What kind of people do you find it difficult to work with?

80. How have you successfully worked with this difficult type of people?

81. Do you think people in your occupation should be paid more?

82. Are you willing to take calculated risk when necessary?

83. Have you ever been fired? Why were you fired?

84. Why have you changed jobs so frequently?

85. Are you married?

86. Can we check your references?

87. Can you give me an example that didn't work out so well?
88. Define cooperation.

89. Describe a difficult problem you've had to deal with.

90. What are the broad responsibilities of a [e.g.] system analysts?

91. Do you consider yourself for natural leader or a born follower?

92. Do you make your opinions known when you disagree with the views of your
supervisor?

93. How do you feel about your progress to date?

94. How do you handle tension?

95. How do you manage to interview while still employed?

96. How does this job compare with others you have applied for?

97. How have you benefited from your disappointments?

98. How long have you been watching for another position?

99. How long would it take you to make a contribution to our company?

100. How long would you stay with the company?

101. How well do you feel your boss rated your job performance?

102. How would you define productive environment?

103. How would you evaluate me as an interviewer?

104. People from your school, college, courses never work out here. What
makes you different?

105. Rate yourself a scale of one to ten.

106. See this pen (cup, glass etc.) I'm holding? Sell it to me.

107. Tell me about the fast time you felt anger on the job.

108. What area of your skills/professional development do you want to improve

at this time?
109. What are you looking for in your next job?

110. What is the worst thing you have heard about our company?

111. What is your energy level like? Describe a typical day.

112. What is your general impression of your last company?

113. What do you like most/least about your former boss?

114. If you had a chance to start our business from scratch, where would you
begin?

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