COMMON JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Put some thought into your answers and practice them prior to your interview!
- Tell me about yourself?
- What do you know about our company?
- What is your most significant accomplishment?
- Why do you think you would like to work for our company?
- If it were your first day, what would you say to the associates you will be working with?
- What have you done to overcome major obstacles in your life?
- How would you describe your work style?
- Why do you think we should hire you for this job?
- How do you define success?
- What area of this job would you find most difficult?
- What leadership/supervisory roles have you held?
- What is your weakness?
- What is your strength?
- What accomplishments are you most proud of?
- What has been your greatest crisis, how did you solve it?
- What person has had the greatest influence on you, why?
- What do you like best about your job/school..what do you like least?
- Describe your ideal job.
- Why did you choose this particular field of work?
- What have you done that shows initiative?
- In what areas of the job would you expect to be most successful....least?
- What do you see yourself doing in 5 or 10 years?
- What frustrates you?
- Describe a situation with an irate customer and how you handled it?
- What aspect of this job do you consider most crucial?
- What are your long range career objectives and how do you plan to achieve them?
- How do think a friend would describe you?
- What motivates you?
- How do you work under pressure?
- What two or three things are most important to you in your job?
- Tell me about other jobs you've had. In hindsight, how could you have improved your performance?
- What skills do you want to improve?