INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (5 of 8)

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (5 of 8)

101. What are three reasons for your success?
102. How do you train employees?
103. What were the biggest decisions you made in the past six months?
104. How did you go about making them and what alternatives did you consider?
105. Describe one of the best ideas you have ever sold. What were your approach and results?
106. How do you know you are doing a good job?
107. How do you prefer to measure performance?
108. What qualifications do you have to make you successful in this field?
109. Do you prefer to speak with someone or send a memo?
110. How do you motivate people?
111. Give an example of a situation in which you failed and how you handled it.
112. What characteristics are most important in a manager? How have you displayed these characteristics?
113. Describe a leadership role of yours and tell me why you committed your time to it.
114. Have you been in charge of budgeting, expenses and departmental progress against financial goals?
115. What suggestions did you make in your job to cut costs, add profits, improve morale, increase output, etc.?
116. What results did you get? How did you know? How did you measure results?
117. Can you think of an example of a lesson you learned from someone else's mistake?
118. What risks did you take in your last few jobs? What was the result of those risks?
119. What do you do when you are having trouble solving a problem?
120. Describe the people that you hired on your last job. Did they work out?
121. How do you use deadlines in your work?
122. How did your supervisor get the best performance out of you?
123. Give me an example of some approaches you used when persuading someone to cooperate with you?
124. Tell me about a time when you handled a difficult situation with a co-worker.
125. Tell me about yourself using only one-word adjectives.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (4 of 8)

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (4 of 8)

76. What causes you to lose your temper?

77. What two adjectives best describe you?

78. What are your best professional skills?

79. If you were in my position, would you hire you?

80. What were the biggest pressures on your last position?

81. How do you cope with stress?

82. Describe your manager's style.

83. If you could make one constructive suggestion to your last CEO, what would it be?

84. What are the most repetitive tasks in your job?

85. To what extent have you automated your last job?

86. What decisions or judgment calls did you have to make?

87. Can you give a ratio for the amount of time you worked alone and with others?

88. How effectively did your boss handle evaluations?

89. How many hours a week did you find it necessary to work to get your job done?

90. Can you describe a situation where a crisis occurred and you had to shift priorities and workload quickly?

91. How do you feel about your present workload?

92. How do you think your supervisor will react when you tender your resignation?

93. Describe the most significant report or presentation you had to prepare.

94. What idea have you developed and implemented that was particularly creative or innovative?

95. Tell me about a team project of which you are particularly proud and your specific contribution.

96. Describe the way your department is currently organized.

97. What has been your most important work-related innovation or contribution?

98. What caused you the most problems in executing your tasks?

99. How do you organize and plan for major projects?

100. How do you plan your time?

Interview Questions (3of 8)

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (3 of 8)

51. What do you think of your boss?
52. Describe a few situations in which your work was criticized.
53. Did you change the nature of your job?
54. What improvements did you make in your present position?
55. If you could choose any company, where would you go? Why?
56. What do you feel this position should pay?
57. Do you have any objections to a psychological test?
58. Do you speak to people before they speak to you?
59. What was the last book you read? Movie you saw? Sporting event you attended?
60. Are you creative?
61. How would you describe your personality?
62. Do you consider yourself a leader?
63. If you could start your career again, what would you do differently?
64. What career options do you have at this moment?
65. How successful do you think you have been so far?
66. How do you know about this job and organization?
67. What else should I know about you?
68. What are your expectations of your future employer?
69. Who has had the greatest influence on the development of your career?
70. Would your supervisor be surprised to learn that you are seeking new employment?
71. How long have you been looking for a job?
72. Have you received any offers so far?
73. How far can you advance with your current employer?
74. If you are so happy where you are, why are you looking for another job?
75. How does this job compare with others you've applied for?