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Interview questions



Below a selection of questions you may be asked in the course of the interview. Prepare answers to the standard ones.

  • Why do you want this job ?
  • Could you tell me about yourself ?
  • Why should we hire you ? 
  • What is your major achievement ? 
  • What are your strengths ? 
  • What are your weaknesses ? 
  • What do you know about our organisation ? 
  • What do you think of our website ?
  • How would you approach this job ? 
  • How do you manage your staff ? 
  • How do you decide on your objectives ?
  • What interests you most in your work ? 
  • What sort of things do you like to delegate ? 
  • In what environment do you work best ? What motivates you ?
  • What do you like best about your present job ?
  • If you could change your current job in any way, how would you do it ?
  • If you could describe your ideal position, what would it be ?
  • How do you work in a team ? 
  • What would your colleagues say about you ? 
  • How would your boss describe your work ? 
  • What do you do when you know you are right and someone else disagrees with you ?
  • What is the most intellectually challenging thing you have ever done ?
  • Which accomplishment has given you the most satisfaction ?
  • When were you most happy at work ? 
  • Who are you finding it difficult to work with right now and why ? 
  • Which value do you think you can add to this position and company ? 
  • What would you want to achieve in your first 6 to 12 months in post ?
  • How do you see this job developing ? 
  • How do you see your career developing from here ?
  • What are your personal long-term and short-term goals ?
  • Were you ever not able to help a customer ?
  • What are the important elements of good customer service ?
  • How important are details to you ?
  • Why were you transferred / promoted ? 
  • Why are you leaving / did you leave your job ? 
  • Why have you stayed so long / for such a short time with your present company ? 
  • Why were you out of work so long ? 
  • Which other job have you applied for recently ? 
  • Which decisions do you find easy to make ? 
  • Which decisions do you find difficult to make ? 
  • Which decisions do you think you will be able to make alone and which would you need to refer to your manager ?
  • What do you think are the qualities of an effective manager ?
  • How do you get the best out of people ? 
  • Which of your jobs has given you the greatest satisfaction ? 
  • What have been your greatest disappointments and how did you respond ?
  • How do you work under stress ? Can you provide a recent example ? 
  • Which kinds of situations do you find hard to handle ?
  • This job has a large component of travel / sales / negotiation / stress. How will you cope with that ? 
  • Would you need to move home for this job ? Would you expect us to contribute to your relocation costs ?
  • This job could require you to work over or away from the office on occasions. Is there anything that would limit your flexibility to do this ?
  • This job entails a lot of travelling and you would be away from home overnight several times per month. Would this cause you any practical difficulties ?
  • What support / training will you need to do this job ? 
  • What will you look forward to most in this job ? 
  • What sort of person are you socially ? 
  • Do you prefer working in a team or independently ?
  • How would you build your working relationship with other team members ?
  • Which aspects of this job would you delegate ? 
  • What are the most important features of this job for you ?
  • What are the important features of a happy and productive workplace ?
  • All jobs have their good and bad points. What are the worst and the best aspects of your current job ?
  • Which difficulties do you foresee ?
  • What are the major challenges facing this company / sector ? How would you overcome them ?
  • What are the major opportunities facing this company / sector ? How would you maximize them ?
  • How did you get into this line of work ? 
  • When could you start ?
  • What are you expecting in terms of pay / benefits / reward from us ?
  • Which questions do you have for us ?  
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