► What do you do in your free time?

► What has been the most useful criticism you have ever received?

► Describe the biggest crisis in your life or your career.

► What is your biggest disappointment in life?

► What is your greatest weakness?

► What motivates you best?

► What kind of boss gets the best work out of you?

► Do you feel that your grades at school accurately reflect your abilities?

► How well do you take criticism? What's the most painful criticism you have ever received?

► School can be stressful. What aspect of school is most stressful for you? Why? How do you respond?

► Tell me about your most spectacular failure.

► Tell me about a time when you weren't very pleased with your performance.

► What are the highest-pressure situations you have been under in recent years? How did you cope with them?