Personal
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What are your hobbies?
3. Why did you choose to interview with our organization?
4. Describe your ideal job?
5. What can you offer us?
6. What do you consider to be your greatest strength?
7. Can you name some weaknesses?
8. How would you define success? Failure?
9. Discuss one of your failures and what you learned from it?
10. Of which three accomplishments are you most proud?
11. Who are your role models and why?
12. How does your college education or work experience relate to this
job?
13. What motivates you most in a job?
14. Have you had difficulty getting along with a former professor/supervisor/co-worker
and how did you handle it?
15. Have you ever spoken before a group of people? How large was the
group and what was the topic?
16. Why should we hire you rather than another candidate?
17. What do you know about our organization (products or services)?
18. Where you want to be in five years? Ten years?
19. Do you plan to return to school for further education?
Education
20. Why did you choose your major?
21. Why did you choose to attend your college or university?
22. Do you think you received a good education? In what ways?
23. Did you participate in any campus activities?
24. Which classes in your major did you like best? Least? Why?
25. Which elective classes did you like best? Least? Why?
26. If you were to start over, what would you change about your education?
27. Do your grades accurately reflect your ability? Why or why not?
28. Were you financially responsible for any portion of your college
education?
Experience
29. What job-related skills have you developed?
30. Did you work while going to school? In what positions?
31. What did you learn from these work experiences?
32. What did you enjoy most about your last employment? Least?
33. Have you ever quit a job? Why?
34. Give an example of a time in which you worked under deadline pressure.
35. Give an example of a situation in which you provided a solution
to an employer.
36. Have you ever done any volunteer work? What kind?
37. How do you think a former supervisor would describe your work?
Career Goals
38. Do you prefer to work under supervision or on your own?
39. What kind of boss do you prefer?
40. Would you be successful working with a team?
41. Do you prefer large or small organizations? Why?
42. What other types of positions are you considering?
43. How do you feel about working in a structured environment?
44. Are you able to work on several assignments at once?
45. How do you feel about working overtime?
46. How do you feel about travel?
47. Are you willing to relocate?
48. Are you willing to work flextime?