All the Questions are about three types. They are
1. Questions about your education and job experience.
2. Questions designed to determine who you really are and what you’re made of.
3. Questions that will help the interviewer expect how you might perform on the job.
Here’s a basic list of questions about your education and experience you should expect to be asked during your first interview:
1. What extracurricular activities did you participate in? What made you choose those activities? Which of them did you most enjoy? Why?
2. Did you hold any leadership positions while you were in college? What do you think you learned?
3. What did you learn from the (or, Why don’t I see any) internships on your resume? How did you get them?
4. What were the most valuable lessons you learned from your part-time job(s)?
5. If you were to start college over again tomorrow, what courses would you take? Why?
6. What sort of grades did you get in your major? In your minor? In what courses did you get your best grades? Why? In what courses did you get your worst grades? Why? How do you think that will affect your performance on the job?
7. What were the factors that led you to select your college?
8. What led you to choose that major over others?
9. What type of student were you?
10. Which courses did you like the most? Why?
Which courses did you like the least? Why?
11. What are your most memorable experiences from college?
12. Why did you (or didn’t you) decide to go to graduate school?
13. Why are you applying for a job in a field other than your major?
14. Were there any unusual difficulties you had to overcome to do so well in college? How did you do it?
15. What did you spend most of your time doing during your internship(s)?
These questions might seem ordinary enough, but they all have a hidden agenda. The interviewer is interested to determine how motivated and “trainable” you are. No company really believes that someone is going to come out of college or graduate school and be productive immediately. Many are willing and expect to invest in training you to “forget what you learned in school and learn how to do things the right way,” even if that takes months.
16. Tell me about the last time you:
Failed.
Succeeded.
Made a mistake.
Made a good decision.
Made a poor decision.
Failed to complete a project on time.
Found a unique solution to a problem.
Found a creative solution to a problem.
Aimed too high.
Aimed too low.
17. What do you do when you’re having trouble?
Solving a problem?
Handling stress?
Meeting a deadline?
With a boss?
With a teacher?
With your job?
With your school work?
With a friend?
18. What do you do when:
There’s too much to do?
Too little to do?
You’re tired?
You’re feeling lazy?
You’re bored?
19. Please tell me a little bit about yourself.
20. What do you consider your key strengths?
21. What do you consider your key weaknesses? What are you planning do about them?
22. Have you ever had a weakness in the past that you’ve been able to overcome? How did you accomplish this?
23. Do you think that you’ll prefer to work with others or by yourself? Are there experiences you have had in school or in part-time jobs that support that?
24. What do you want to achieve in your life?
25. Which supervisor did you like the best? Why? Which did you like the least? Why?
26. Which supervisor(s) got the most out of you? Why?
27. What are some of the things you do in your spare time? What are your favorite hobbies? Do you play any sports?
28. How do you handle yourself when you’re having a clash with someone? Are you challenging? Do you avoid that person? Why? How do you think you’ll behave when you have a problem with a co-worker?
29. If you could change one thing about your personality with a snap of your fingers, what would it be? Why?
30. If I met some of your peers from college, what do you think they would say about you?
31. Would you describe yourself as a risk-taker or someone who plays it safe?
32. Why should I consider you a strong applicant for this position?
33. What’s the biggest failure in your life?
34. What’s the worst decision you ever made?
35. What types of people do you have trouble getting along with?
More and more employers are using “situational questions” in hopes of better predicting employee behavior on the job. These can go something like this:
36. What most influenced you to choose the career you’re ready to begin?
37. When you’re faced with a particularly tough decision, how do you go about making it? Can you give me an example?
38. The successful candidate for this position will be working with some highly trained individuals who have been with us for a long time. If you get the job, how will you make sure that you fit in?
39. What are you looking for in a job?
40. Let’s say your supervisor gave you an assignment that you didn’t understand and then left town for a week. Assume he or she is unreachable. What would you do?
41. Describe your ideal boss.
42. This is a large (or a small) company. Do you think you’d like that sort of environment? Why? What do you think you might not like about it?
43. What do you know about the financial aspects of this business? Have any of your studies or readings helped you learn about how we budget? What affects our bottom line?
44. Are you an organized person?
45. Do you manage your time well?
46. How do you handle change?
47. If your supervisor told you to do something a certain way, and you knew that way was dead wrong, what would you do?
48. You won’t be managing people for a while, but if you were, how do you think your subordinates would describe you?
49. After you’re on the job for a while, how do you think your co-workers will describe you?
50. Why are you interested in this position?
51. How long do you think this position will be challenging to you? What do you think you would like to do next?
52. Why this company? What about it appeals to you most?
53. Is there anything about this company or job that makes you apprehensive? Why?
54. What aspects of this job do you think you’ll find the most interesting?
55. What aspects do you think you’ll find the least interesting?
56. How will you react to doing the least interesting or least pleasant parts of this job?
57. How do you think this job will help you achieve your long-term career objectives?
58. Describe your ideal job based on what you know of your discipline and this industry right now.
59. How do you think the job you’re applying for matches up with that description?
60. Are there any glaring shortcomings to the position based on your description of the ideal job?
61. Are you able to work overtime? On weekends?
62. Your lack of experience bothers me. Why do you think I should I hire someone just out of school, like you?
63. What do you want most out of your job? Money? Satisfaction? Power?
64. Can you perform well under pressure? How do you know that?
65. What does the word “success” mean to you? How about “failure”?
66. Who are our top competitors?
67. Is there anything else I should know about you?
68. Would you be willing to relocate?
69. Have you been interviewing for other positions?
70. How does this position seem to compare to others for which you’ve applied?
71. How long have you been looking for a job?
72. Have you received any offers? From whom? For what type of position? At what salary?
73. Why haven’t you received any other offers?
74. When do you expect to hear from us? What is your availability?
75. What do you think of our compensation package?
76. May I contact your references?
77. Do you have any questions?
1. Questions about your education and job experience.
2. Questions designed to determine who you really are and what you’re made of.
3. Questions that will help the interviewer expect how you might perform on the job.
Your education and experience
Here’s a basic list of questions about your education and experience you should expect to be asked during your first interview:
1. What extracurricular activities did you participate in? What made you choose those activities? Which of them did you most enjoy? Why?
2. Did you hold any leadership positions while you were in college? What do you think you learned?
3. What did you learn from the (or, Why don’t I see any) internships on your resume? How did you get them?
4. What were the most valuable lessons you learned from your part-time job(s)?
5. If you were to start college over again tomorrow, what courses would you take? Why?
6. What sort of grades did you get in your major? In your minor? In what courses did you get your best grades? Why? In what courses did you get your worst grades? Why? How do you think that will affect your performance on the job?
7. What were the factors that led you to select your college?
8. What led you to choose that major over others?
9. What type of student were you?
10. Which courses did you like the most? Why?
Which courses did you like the least? Why?
11. What are your most memorable experiences from college?
12. Why did you (or didn’t you) decide to go to graduate school?
13. Why are you applying for a job in a field other than your major?
14. Were there any unusual difficulties you had to overcome to do so well in college? How did you do it?
15. What did you spend most of your time doing during your internship(s)?
These questions might seem ordinary enough, but they all have a hidden agenda. The interviewer is interested to determine how motivated and “trainable” you are. No company really believes that someone is going to come out of college or graduate school and be productive immediately. Many are willing and expect to invest in training you to “forget what you learned in school and learn how to do things the right way,” even if that takes months.
16. Tell me about the last time you:
Failed.
Succeeded.
Made a mistake.
Made a good decision.
Made a poor decision.
Failed to complete a project on time.
Found a unique solution to a problem.
Found a creative solution to a problem.
Aimed too high.
Aimed too low.
17. What do you do when you’re having trouble?
Solving a problem?
Handling stress?
Meeting a deadline?
With a boss?
With a teacher?
With your job?
With your school work?
With a friend?
18. What do you do when:
There’s too much to do?
Too little to do?
You’re tired?
You’re feeling lazy?
You’re bored?
Who are you?
19. Please tell me a little bit about yourself.
20. What do you consider your key strengths?
21. What do you consider your key weaknesses? What are you planning do about them?
22. Have you ever had a weakness in the past that you’ve been able to overcome? How did you accomplish this?
23. Do you think that you’ll prefer to work with others or by yourself? Are there experiences you have had in school or in part-time jobs that support that?
24. What do you want to achieve in your life?
25. Which supervisor did you like the best? Why? Which did you like the least? Why?
26. Which supervisor(s) got the most out of you? Why?
27. What are some of the things you do in your spare time? What are your favorite hobbies? Do you play any sports?
28. How do you handle yourself when you’re having a clash with someone? Are you challenging? Do you avoid that person? Why? How do you think you’ll behave when you have a problem with a co-worker?
29. If you could change one thing about your personality with a snap of your fingers, what would it be? Why?
30. If I met some of your peers from college, what do you think they would say about you?
31. Would you describe yourself as a risk-taker or someone who plays it safe?
32. Why should I consider you a strong applicant for this position?
33. What’s the biggest failure in your life?
34. What’s the worst decision you ever made?
35. What types of people do you have trouble getting along with?
How will you perform?
More and more employers are using “situational questions” in hopes of better predicting employee behavior on the job. These can go something like this:
36. What most influenced you to choose the career you’re ready to begin?
37. When you’re faced with a particularly tough decision, how do you go about making it? Can you give me an example?
38. The successful candidate for this position will be working with some highly trained individuals who have been with us for a long time. If you get the job, how will you make sure that you fit in?
39. What are you looking for in a job?
40. Let’s say your supervisor gave you an assignment that you didn’t understand and then left town for a week. Assume he or she is unreachable. What would you do?
41. Describe your ideal boss.
42. This is a large (or a small) company. Do you think you’d like that sort of environment? Why? What do you think you might not like about it?
43. What do you know about the financial aspects of this business? Have any of your studies or readings helped you learn about how we budget? What affects our bottom line?
44. Are you an organized person?
45. Do you manage your time well?
46. How do you handle change?
47. If your supervisor told you to do something a certain way, and you knew that way was dead wrong, what would you do?
48. You won’t be managing people for a while, but if you were, how do you think your subordinates would describe you?
49. After you’re on the job for a while, how do you think your co-workers will describe you?
50. Why are you interested in this position?
51. How long do you think this position will be challenging to you? What do you think you would like to do next?
52. Why this company? What about it appeals to you most?
53. Is there anything about this company or job that makes you apprehensive? Why?
54. What aspects of this job do you think you’ll find the most interesting?
55. What aspects do you think you’ll find the least interesting?
56. How will you react to doing the least interesting or least pleasant parts of this job?
57. How do you think this job will help you achieve your long-term career objectives?
58. Describe your ideal job based on what you know of your discipline and this industry right now.
59. How do you think the job you’re applying for matches up with that description?
60. Are there any glaring shortcomings to the position based on your description of the ideal job?
61. Are you able to work overtime? On weekends?
62. Your lack of experience bothers me. Why do you think I should I hire someone just out of school, like you?
63. What do you want most out of your job? Money? Satisfaction? Power?
64. Can you perform well under pressure? How do you know that?
65. What does the word “success” mean to you? How about “failure”?
66. Who are our top competitors?
67. Is there anything else I should know about you?
68. Would you be willing to relocate?
69. Have you been interviewing for other positions?
70. How does this position seem to compare to others for which you’ve applied?
71. How long have you been looking for a job?
72. Have you received any offers? From whom? For what type of position? At what salary?
73. Why haven’t you received any other offers?
74. When do you expect to hear from us? What is your availability?
75. What do you think of our compensation package?
76. May I contact your references?
77. Do you have any questions?
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