☛ How has your education prepared you for a career as an event planner?​

☛ Why do you want to work for our event planning organization?

☛ How do you assess the success of each of your events?

☛ What type of event planning are you most interested in? Corporate events? Social events? Why?

☛ What experience do you have with promoting events (through ads, social networking, etc.)?

☛ What are some of your favorite ways to enhance an event on a budget?

☛ Describe one or two themed events that you have orchestrated. What sort of details and activities did you include to complement the theme?

☛ What is the largest event (based on budget or number of attendees) you have ever planned or assisted with planning?

☛ Describe a time when you had to deal with an unexpected problem during an event — how did you resolve the issue?

☛ Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult client. What was the result?

☛ Describe a time when you had difficulty staying within the budget for an event.

☛ Tell me about a time when you had to manage multiple events at once. How did you multitask to complete both events successfully?

☛ Imagine a company is planning an ad campaign to portray itself as a young, fresh, and cool brand. If you were hired to organize their launch party, what sort of venue would you consider selecting? Why?

☛ Imagine I am a client asking you to host an event for me; what kinds of questions would you ask me?

☛ How will you develop relationships with vendors in a new city?

☛ Are you comfortable working long and/or unusual hours?

☛ Do you think being an independent worker or a team player is more important as an event planner?