Typical Job Interview Questions

   TYPICAL JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

The following are some of the most typical questions you may be confronted with during a job interview. Preparing the answers may help you to succeed in your job interview.

1. Describe your strengths and weaknesses.

2. Considering your education and work experience, why do you feel you are qualified for this job?

3. What do you see as the value of belonging to professional organizations?

4. Why did you apply for this job?

5. What is your philosophy of development?

6. Do you like working with people?

7. Do you have any experience with the working materials?

8. How do you feel that your education has prepared you for this job?

9. Where do you expect to be professionally in five years?

10. How would you handle a person who objects to your work?

11. How would you handle a question over the phone that you can’t answer immediately?

12. Is there any time that you would refuse to answer a request from your boss?

13. If we ask your present supervisor what your present strengths are, what would he/she say?

14. Why should we hire you?

15. Name two books you have read within the past two months and describe one of them as though you were recommending it to your new boss. Why would he or she want to read it?

16. What qualities do you think we should look for in a candidate to this job?

17. Considering your working career, tell about the most stressful event you ever faced, and how you coped with it.

18. What did you do to prepare for this interview?

19. What is your style of leadership?

20. Describe your ideal job.

21. What was your most challenging supervisory experience?

22. How do you see this job, is it challenging to you? What will motivate you to come to work?

23. Tell us about a team or group project you have worked on and how you have contributed to it.

24. Tell us about your experience with information technology.

25. Why are you interested in this particular career?

26. What strengths do you bring to this position and what areas would you like to improve?

27. What are the things you particularly like about your present job?

28. What was your most important work-related accomplishment in the past year?

29. How would you describe your management philosophy?

30. What type of management style do you prefer?

31. What sorts of people do you enjoy working with most?

32. What kinds of situations do you find stressful?

33. How does this position fit into the career path you have set for yourself?

34. Give us an example of a time in which you felt you were able to build motivation in your coworkers or fellow students in school.

35. Describe the most significant achievement or written project/presentation/report which you have had to complete.

36. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

37. Give us an example you did in a former job that contributed to a teamwork environment.

38. What would you do if you were unsure of how to answer a question from your boss?

39. What are your current interests?

40. What are your preferred leisure activities?