Pre-interview Shortlist 1 Candidate

Questionnaire:

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Name:
Surname:
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Position applied for:

Please complete this questionnaire in full.

You are required to answer each and every question in the space provided.

When done please send it to any one of the following fax numbers:

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Questions and Answers:

About You
What is your greatest strength?

What is your greatest weakness?

How will your greatest strength help you perform?

How do you handle failure?

How do you handle success?

Do you consider yourself successful? Why?

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How do you handle stress and pressure?

How would you describe yourself?

Describe a typical work week.

Are you lucky?

Are you nice?

Are you easy to talk to?

Describe your work style.

Do you work well with other people?

Do you take work home with you?

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How are you different from the competition?

How do you view yourself? Whom do you compare yourself to?

How does this job fit in with your career plan?

How would you adjust to working for a new company?

How would your co-workers describe your personality?

What motivates you?

Are you a self-motivator?

What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make?

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What has been the greatest disappointment in your life?

What are you passionate about?

What are your hobbies?

What are your pet peeves?

What will you miss most about your last job?

What wont you miss about your last job?

Would you rather be liked or respected?

Why should a potential employer take a risk on you?

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If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do differently?

Are you a risk taker?

Are your parents married?

If you were an animal what would you be?

If you were a fruit what would you be?

How do you feel about divorce?

What accomplishments are you the most proud of? Why?

What things are most important to you in your job?

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How do you balance life and work?

What is your preferred way to communicate - instant message, phone, or email?

Do you check voicemail and email when on vacation?

What is your favourite book?

What is your favourite movie?

What historical figure do you admire and why?

If you could choose anyone (alive or deceased) to have lunch with, who would it be, and why?

What do you love?

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Who are the influencers in your life?

What is your favourite amusement park ride?

What is your favourite game?

What is the most recent book you have read?

What would you bring to a lunch?

Who is your favourite singer?

What types of things bring you down?

By what criteria do you judge your own performance?

Which rugby team do you support?

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Which soccer team do you support?

What is the main thing that gets you out of bed each morning?

Who is your biggest hero?

About Leaving Your Job

Why are you leaving your job?

Why do you want to change jobs?

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If, why were you fired?

If, why were you laid-off?

If, why did you resign?

What have you been doing since your last job?

If you have been out of work for more than 6 months, why so long?

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About Salary
What were your starting and final levels of compensation?

What are your salary expectations?

What are your salary requirements?

Would you take a job for less money?

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About Job Performance
What do people most often criticize about you?

What was the biggest criticism you received from a previous boss?

What is the worst thing that you have ever gotten away with?

What makes you angry?

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What problems have you encountered at work?

What strategies would you use to motivate a team?

When was the last time you were angry? What happened?

If not, why weren't you promoted at your last job?

If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what would they say?

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What type of work environment do you prefer?

How do you evaluate success?

Describe a difficult previous work situation and how you overcame it.

Describe a time when your workload was heavy and how you handled it.

Describe the pace at which you work.

What are the type of job responsibilities/duties at which you excel?

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How hard do you like to work?

What time do you typically start working?

What kind of personal gratification do you get from your work?

About Your Work History

What were your expectations for your previous job and to what extent were they met?

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What were your responsibilities?

What have you learned from your mistakes?

What did you like or dislike about your previous job?

Which was most / least rewarding?

What was the biggest accomplishment / failure?

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Describe the gap in your employment history, if any.

About Management and Teamwork

Who was your best boss and who was the worst, and why?

Describe your ideal boss.

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If you know your boss is 100% wrong about something how would you handle it?

Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager?

Have you worked with someone who didn't like your work?

How do you normally fit in with company culture?

Do you prefer to work independently or on a team?

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About Why You Should Be Hired
Why should you be hired?

Why shouldn't you be hired?

Why should you be hired instead of the other applicants?

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Why are you the best person for the job?

What can you contribute to your new employer?

About the New Job and the Company

What interests you about this job?

Why do you want this job?

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What can be expected from you in the first 60 days on the job?

What do you see yourself doing within the first 30 days on the job?

What would you do if you found out the company you are working for was doing something illegal?

Are you willing to travel?

Are you willing to relocate?

What is good customer service?

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What would be your ideal company culture?

How long do you expect to remain employed with the company you are applying to?

When could you start work?

Describe the relationship that should exist between a manager and employees.

How do you feel about working evenings and weekends?

Would you be interested in a lower level job?

Are you overqualified for this job?

Should employees use social media at work?

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About the Future
What are you looking for in your next job? What is important to you?

What is your professional development plan?

Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

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What are your goals for the next five years / ten years?

How do you plan to achieve your goals?

How would you feel about working for a younger manager?

What will you do if you don't get this position?

Where else are you applying?

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When do you plan on retiring?

About Co-Workers and Supervisors

Tell about a time when you had to deal with a co-worker who wasn't doing his/her fair share of the work.

What did you do and what was the outcome?

How do you get along with older (younger) co-workers?

How would you provide difficult news to an employee targeted for layoff?

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What do you expect from a supervisor?

About Your Abilities

Why do you think you will be successful at this job?

Tell about a time when you were faced with conflicting priorities. How did you determine the top priority?

Describe what you have done to upgrade your skills

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About Your Career Goals
How many hours a day/week do you normally work?

If you stayed with your current company, what would be your next move?

How do you measure success?

Describe your dream job.

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Describe a job that would be your worst nightmare.

About Working With Other People

How do you develop a comfortable rapport with clients and determine their preferences for products and
services?

Do you listen actively and emphatically to encourage clients to share their feelings and problems?

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Are you able to resolve customer complaints with patience and creativity? Explain.

General
Sell us an apple

What do you think is the most useful function in Excel?

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What makes you happy about work on a Friday evening?

How do you fit a giraffe in a fridge?

If your friend was seriously injured and you had to get him to a hospital, would you speed and go through a
red light?

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? Why?

What are the three words that your parents would describe you with?

What have you done in the past to get out of a tricky situation?

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Why is 99c not good enough?

How many ways can you get a needle out of a haystack?

How would you explain Facebook to your Grandma?

If you entered into a room full of people with different interests, what would you do?

In a fight between a lion and a tiger, who would win & why?

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Your new employer unplugged that clock on the wall. Why did they do that?

Which do you think you are the most like, and why... a chameleon, a wolf, or an owl?

If you are still employed, what does your current employer think you are doing today?

Have you ever disagreed with a managers decision, and how did you approach the disagreement? Give a
specific example and explain how you rectified this disagreement, what the final outcome was, and how
that individual would describe you today.

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Describe a humbling experience.

Whats more important, fixing the customers problem or creating a good customer experience?

What was your best day in the last 5 years? What was your worst?

Would you prefer earning or learning?

If I gave you 10 million rand right now, what would you do?

On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird are you?

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What would the closest person in your life say if asked, 'What is the one characteristic that they totally dig
about you, and the one that drives them insane?'

You are standing on the surface of the Earth. You walk one mile south, one mile west, and one mile north.
You end up exactly where you started. Where are you?

On your very best day at work the day you come home and think you have the best job in the world
what did you do that day?

Tell about something that's true, that almost nobody agrees with you on.

How would you describe yourself in one word?

What would someone who doesn't like you, say about you?

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Are you the smartest person you know?

How old were you when you had your first paying job?

What motivates you to get out of bed in the morning?

If we were to say to a bunch of people who know you, give me three adjectives that best describe you,
what would they say?

How would you keep the loyalty of a client who is considering moving to a competitor?

What's your favourite part of your current or previous job?

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A hammer and a nail cost R1.10, and the hammer costs one rand more than the nail. How much does the
nail cost?

What is your favourite quote?

Behavioural
Give an example of a goal you reached and tell how you achieved it.

Do you go above and beyond the call of duty? If so, how?

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What do you do when your schedule is interrupted? Give an example of how you handle it.

THANK YOU FOR COMPLETING THIS PRE-INTERVIEW SHORTLIST QUESTIONNAIRE.

Now please fax it immediately to any one of the following fax numbers:

Fax: 0862285646
Fax: 0862292275

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