101 Interview Questions

Questions Related to Your Personality and Motivation 1. Why should we hire you? 2. Are you a self-starter? 3. What is your greatest strength? 4. What is your greatest weakness? 5. What would you most like to improve about yourself? 6. What are some of the reasons for your success? 7. Describe your typical workday. 8. Do you anticipate problems or react to them? 9. How do you deal with stressful situations? 10. Do you ever lose your temper? 11. How well do you work under deadlines? 12. What contributions did you make to your last company? 13. What will you bring to this position that others wont? 14. How well do you get along with your superiors? 15. How well do you get along with your co-workers? 16. How do you manage your subordinates? 17. How do you feel about working with superiors who may have less education than you? 18. Do you prefer working alone or with others? 19. How do others view your work? 20. How do you deal with criticism? 21. Do you consider yourself to be someone who takes greater initiative than others? 22. Do you consider yourself a risk-taker? 23. Are you a good time manager? 24. How important is job security? 25. How do you define success? 26. How do you spend your leisure time? 27. What would be the perfect job for you? 28. What really motivates you to perform on the job? 29. How well do you work with clients? 30. How do you deal with competing demands? 31. Have you ever had to lie for someone on the job? 32. Have you ever wanted to quit a job? 33. Have you ever wanted to fire your boss? Questions Related to Your Education and Training 34. Why didnt you graduate from high school? 35. Why didnt you go to college? 36. Why didnt you finish college? 37. Why did you select college? 38. Why did you major in _______? 39. What was your minor in school?

101 Interview Questions

40. How did you major relate to the work you have done since graduation? 41. Why werent your grades better at school? 42. What subjects did you enjoy the most? 43. What subjects did you enjoy the least? 44. If you could go back and do it over again, what would you change about your education? 45. What extracurricular school activities did you participate in? 46. Tell me about your role in an extracurricular activity. 47. What leadership positions did you hold? 48. How does your degree prepare you for a job at __________? 49. Did you have a job while you were in school? 50. Are you planning to take additional courses or start graduate school over the next year or two? 51. If you had a choice of several short training sessions to attend, which two or three would you select? 52. What materials do you read regularly to keep up with what is going on in your field? 53. What is the most recent skill that you have learned? 54. What are your educational goals over the next few years? Questions Related to Your Experience and Skills 55. Why do you want to leave your job? 56. Why have you changed jobs so frequently? 57. Why would you be more likely to stay here? 58. What are your qualifications for this job? 59. What experience prepares you for this job? 60. What did you like most about your present/most recent job? 61. What did you like least about that job? 62. What did you like most about your boss? 63. What did you like least about that boss? 64. Tell me about an ongoing responsibility in your current/most recent job that you enjoyed. 65. How does your present/most recent job relate to the overall goals of your department/the company? 66. What has your present/most recent supervisor criticized about your work? 67. What duties in your present/most recent job do you find difficult? 68. Why do you want to leave your present job? Are you being forced out? 69. Why should we hire someone like you, with your experience and motivation? 70. What type of person would you hire for this position? 71. Have you ever been fired or asked to resign? 72. What was the most important contribution you made to your last job? 73. What do you wish you had accomplished in your present/most recent job but were unable to? 74. What is the most important thing youve learned from the jobs youve had?

101 Interview Questions

Questions Related to Your Career Goals 75. Tell me about yourself. 76. Tell me about your career goals 77. What would you like to accomplish during the next 5/10 years? 78. How do your career goals today differ from your career goals five years from ago? 79. Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now? 80. Describe a major goal that you set for yourself recently. 81. What are you doing to achieve that goal? 82. Have you ever thought of switching careers? 83. How does this job compare to what would be the perfect job for you? 84. What would you change about our company to make this your ideal workplace? 85. How long have you been looking for another job? Questions Related to Why You Want This Job 86. What do you know about our company? 87. What trends do you see in our industry? 88. Why do you want to work for us? 89. How much business would you bring to our company? 90. What similarities do you see between this and your current/most recent position? 91. What makes this position different from your current/most recent position? 92. Why are you willing to take a job you are over-qualified for? 93. Why are you willing to take a pay cut from your previous position? 94. What would you change about this position? 95. How long would you expect to stay with our company? 96. How do you feel about working overtime or on weekends? 97. Are you willing to relocate? 98. How much are you willing to travel? 99. What are your salary requirements? 100. How soon could you begin work? 101. Do you have any questions?