☛ Tell me about yourself

☛ Why do you want to work here? What are you expecting from this job? What do you know about this organization?

☛ Tell me about your current job. Why do you want to leave your current job?

☛ How do you deal with stress?

☛ Why should we hire you rather than other applicants? What makes you stand out?

☛ What do you offer?

☛ What are your weaknesses? What area should you work on to become more effective?

☛ Identify a mistake you made and how you dealt with it. What have you learned from your mistakes?

☛ What are your strengths? What is the greatest asset you will bring to this job?

☛ What achievements are you most proud of? What was the most difficult, toughest academic or work project you completed?

☛ Tell me about an obstacle you recently conquered?

☛ When have you taken the initiative and gone the extra mile? Describe a professional situation that required you to use initiative or creative thinking to solve theproblem.

☛ Tell me how you improved your employer’s operations?

☛ In the future, we are going to be doing a lot of X. Would you be comfortable with that? (Hint: Reading your target organization’s strategic plan might help you identify new approaches that your target organization will be emphasizing.)

☛ Are you good at multi-tasking? Give an example. What would you do if you were working to meet a tight deadline and a manager instructed you to quickly complete another project?

☛ What makes a good boss and a bad boss? What did you like least about your past job or bosses? What management style do you work best under?

☛ How do you deal with difficult people? What would you do if someone on your team wasn’t pulling their weight? How do you deal with conflict? Describe a conflict that you recently resolved.

☛ When have you effectively convinced a manager to adopt a different approach?

☛ How do you respond to criticism?

☛ Do you work well in teams? How would you build a team? Do you work better in teams or independently?

☛ How do you describe yourself? Use [anywhere from one-to-five] words to describe yourself.

☛ Is this job glamorous enough for you?

☛ What would your boss and your colleagues say about you?

☛ What is the last book you read?

☛ What skills would you use here from your previous job?

☛ Are you tough enough to [pick one of these: supervise others, say “no” to clients when necessary, negotiate contracts]?