☛ What tools do you use to keep track of progress on your projects?

☛ What are your career goals?

☛ What type of experience do you have in creating budgets?

☛ How do you prioritize your work?

☛ If we buy a customized product from a single source, how will you know if the price is fair?

☛ How would your former employer describe you?

☛ Give an example when you have had a dispute with a supplier? How did you handle it?

☛ What is the most difficult situation you have had to face and how did you tackle it?

☛ What do you enjoy about this industry?

☛ What kind of work environment do you thrive in?

☛ Do you work well on a team or prefer to work independently?

☛ What kind of pressures have you encountered at work?

☛ Why are you the best purchasing manager for us?

☛ How will you go about determining this company's purchasing patterns?

☛ When will your current project be completed, or when will be the next logical time to be able to leave on good terms with your team?

☛ How do you ensure successful tracking of inventory?

☛ Have you completed your Bachelor's Degree in Supply Management or Operations Management? If not, are you interested in obtaining your degree?

☛ Are you a CPM (Certified Purchasing Manager)?

☛ If hired, how long do you plan on working for us?

☛ When have you had to change suppliers due to poor quality of their product?

☛ Do you manage your time well?

☛ How do you handle stressful situations?

☛ Give an example of how you dealt with a supplier who did not deliver on the agreed upon date?

☛ Do you have experience visiting a suppliers plant before purchasing? What are the things you are looking for when considering their products?

☛ Are you open and available to travel for work?

☛ What steps do you take to determine whether or not a price the suppler is offering is reasonable?

☛ When have you negotiated a much lower price with a supplier?

☛ What makes a great Purchasing Manager?

☛ Tell me what you know about us.

☛ Why did you choose to apply at our company?

☛ Tell me something about yourself that I wouldn't know from reading your resume.

☛ If hired, how do you intend on making a difference with our company?

☛ What aspect of supervision do you find most difficult?

☛ Do you have managing experience?

☛ What techniques do you use in motivating employees?

☛ Tell us about your experience in negotiations.

☛ What are your long term goals as a purchasing manager?

☛ If you could change one aspect of the purchasing process, what would you change?

☛ What will bring purchasing to the C-Level dialog?