FREQUENTLY ASKED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. Tell me something interesting about yourself?
3. What are your strengths?
4. What are your weaknesses?
5. What motivates you?
6. Why should we hire you?
7. What are you passionate about?
8. What are your biggest achievements?
9. What is your greatest failure?
10.What are your goals?
11.What have you done that shows initiative and willingness to work?
12.What kind of people do you enjoy working with?
13.What frustrates you?
14.Why did you choose this career field?
15.What type of position are you looking for?
16.What qualities does a successful (manager, employee, etc) possess?
17.What kind of challenge are you looking for?
18.How do you determine or evaluate success?
19.What do you know about our organization?
20.In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our company?
21.Do you have any other questions?
22.Do you have any regrets?
23.Are you an organized person?
24.Do you work well under pressure?
25.Would you say that you are creative?
26.How do you respond to change?
27.How are you with new technology?
28.How would you rate yourself as..?
29.What makes you lose your temper?
30.How do you deal with disappointment?
31.How do you cope with job stress?
32.Whats your attitude to taking risks?
33.What would your boss say about you?
34.How do you think you can improve on your performance?
35.What would your colleagues say about you?
36.How would your team describe you?
37.How do you think your friends would describe you?
38.Do you prefer to work on your own or in a team?
39.Do you have good presentation skills?
40.How are you at handling conflict?
41.Arent you overqualified for this position?
42.Where do you see yourself five years from now?
43.Why do you want to work at our company?
44.What are your career options right now?
45.Why you been out of work so long?
46.What good books have you read lately?
47.Tell me about a situation when your work was criticized?
48.How do you feel about reporting to a younger person?
49.What would you say to your boss if hes crazy about an idea, but you think it
stinks?
50.How could you have improved your career progress?

51.Can you work under pressure?

52.Who has inspired you in your life and why?
53.What was the toughest decision you ever had to make?
54.What was the toughest challenge youve ever faced?
55.What do you for when you hire people?
56.How do you define success and who do you measure up to your own
definition?
57.If you won $10 million lottery, would you still work?
58.On a scale of one to ten, rate me as an interviewer.
59.Describe the ideal job?
60.What do you plan to be doing in five years' time?
61.What contributions could you make in this organization that would
help you to stand out from other applicants?
62.What made you choose this college?
63.Why do you want to work at our company?
64.What was the biggest challenge of your present job?
65.Why did you decide to seek a position with our organization?
66.Define your success in problem solving?
67.Tell me about your negotiation skills?
68.What are the top 5 contributions you have made during your career?
69.How are you unique?
70.Have you worked under pressure? Explain?
71.What was the most difficult decision you had to face?
72.Describe your management style?
Situational Interview Questions:
1. Describe a high-pressure situation you had to handle at work. Tell me
what happened, who was involved, and what you did in terms of
problem solving.
2. People differ in their preference for jobs that have well laid out tasks
and responsibilities or ones in which work changes frequently. Tell me
about a time when you were successful in dealing with an unstructured
work environment.
3. Many situations at work will require fast thinking and speed in making
decisions.
Give me an example of a situation in which you were
especially skillful in making a decision quickly?
4. What types of experience have you had in talking with customers or
clients? Specifically, tell me about a time when you had to
communicate under difficult circumstances.
5. Some situations require us to express ideas/opinions in a very tactful
and careful way. Tell me about a time when you were successful with
this particular skill.
6. The word communication means different things to different persons
at different times. Tell me what this word means to you by giving me
an example of a time when you were able to be warm and amiable as a
communicator.
7. At times, we are all required to deal with difficult people. An even
more demanding factor is to be of service to a difficult person. When
have you been successful with this type of situation at work?
8. . Having a good solution for a problem often entails more than just
being intelligent. Often, exercise of good judgment is needed to

complement logic in choosing a practical solution. Describe when you

used good judgment in solving a problem.
9. Tell me about a time when you showed high enthusiasm and energy in
order to create positive motivation in others. Give me a specific
example.
10.Getting the job done may necessitate unusual persistence or
dedication to results especially when faced with obstacles or
distractions. Tell me about a time in which you were able to be very
persistent in order to reach goals. Be specific.