Interview Questions-1

The following sample questions are only a few suggestions to enhance your interviews:

1.      What three accomplishments do you take pride in most?

2.      Would you rather have a lot of control over how you do your job or would you prefer to have expectations clearly spelled out by your superiors?

3.      How do you define success?  Give me an example.

4.      Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond what was required of your position.

5.      Give me an example of how you set specific work goals?

6.      Do you believe employee or employer loyalty is as strong as it once was?  What can the employer and employee do to strengthen loyalty?

7.      Tell me about a time when circumstances for a project changed at the last minute and you were asked to work outside of normal hours.  What did you do?

8.      In the last year, about how many days of work have you had to miss?  How about during the previous year?

9.      Describe the type management style you prefer from your supervisor?

10.  What do you do to keep current of developments that impact your field?  How many seminars have you attended in the past year and on what topics?  What have you learned?

11.  How do you feel about making tough decisions?  What makes a decision tough for you?

12.  In situations when there is no clear-cut good outcome to a decision, some managers believe that in these cases no decision can be a good decision.  How do you feel about this?

13.  What are your strengths when interacting with people on the job?  What could you do to make your interaction better?

14.  Think of a situation you’ve been in that required an ability to think on your feet.  What was the situation and how did you respond?

15. Have you ever solved a problem or correctly analyzed a situation that no one else was able to solve or analyze?  Describe the situation and the outcome.