• How would you define a good job in your line of work?

• What personal performance standards do you set for yourself? What have you done to meet them? What do you do if you find yourself falling short of a standard?

• Do you make extra efforts to meet deadlines? Describe what you have done to complete a project or report on time.

• If you were going to evaluate your own performance, what factors would you consider most important?

• What are the important things your department has contributed to the organization in the last year?

• Are you satisfied with your department's performance? Why or why not?

• What's your definition of the word success? And how about failure?