Sample of Job Interview

Interview Questions: Work History

• Name of company, position title and description, dates of employment. - Best Answers
• What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were they met? - Best Answers
• What were your starting and final levels of compensation? - Best Answers
• What were your responsibilities? - Best Answers
• What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them? - Best Answers
• What did you like or dislike about your previous job? - Best Answers
• Which was most / least rewarding? - Best Answers
• What was the biggest accomplishment / failure in this position? - Best Answers
• Questions about your supervisors and co-workers. - Best Answers
• What was it like working for your supervisor? - Best Answers
• What do you expect from a supervisor? - Best Answers
• Who was your best boss and who was the worst? - Best Answers
• Why are you leaving your job? - Best Answers
• What have you been doing since your last job? - Best Answers
• Why were you fired? - Best Answers

Job Interview Questions About You

• What is your greatest weakness? - Best Answers
• What is your greatest strength? - Best Answers
• Describe a typical work week. - Best Answers
• Do you take work home with you? - Best Answers
• How many hours do you normally work? - Best Answers
• How would you describe the pace at which you work? - Best Answers
• How do you handle stress and pressure? - Best Answers
• What motivates you? - Best Answers
• What are your salary expectations? - Best Answers
• What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make? - Best Answers
• Tell me about yourself. - Best Answers
• What has been the greatest disappointment in your life? - Best Answers
• What are you passionate about? - Best Answers
• What are your pet peeves? - Best Answers
• What do people most often criticize about you? - Best Answers
• When was the last time you were angry? What happened? - Best Answers
• If you could relive the last 10 years of your life, what would you do differently? - Best Answers
• If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what would they say? Best Answers
• Do you prefer to work independently or on a team? - Best Answers
• Give some examples of teamwork. - Best Answers
• What type of work environment do you prefer? - Best Answers
• How do you evaluate success? - Best Answers
• If you know your boss is 100% wrong about something how would you handle it? - Best Answers
• Describe a difficult work situation / project and how you overcame it. - Best Answers
• Describe a time when your workload was heavy and how you handled it. - Best Answers
• More job interview questions about your abilities. - Best Answers
• More job interview questions about you. - Best Answers

Job Interview Questions About the New Job and the Company

• What interests you about this job? - Best Answers
• Why do you want this job? - Best Answers
• What applicable attributes / experience do you have? - Best Answers
• Are you overqualified for this job? - Best Answers
• What can you do for this company? - Best Answers
• Why should we hire you? - Best Answers
• Why are you the best person for the job? - Best Answers
• What do you know about this company? - Best Answers
• Why do you want to work here? - Best Answers
• What challenges are you looking for in a position? - Best Answers
• What can you contribute to this company? - Best Answers
• Are you willing to travel? - Best Answers
• What is good customer service? - Best Answers
• Is there anything I haven't told you about the job or company that you would like to know? - Best Answers

Interview Questions: The Future

• What are you looking for in your next job? What is important to you? - Best Answers
• What are your goals for the next five years / ten years? - Best Answers
• How do you plan to achieve those goals? - Best Answers
• What are your salary requirements - both short-term and long-term? - Best Answers
• Questions about your career goals. - Best Answers
• What will you do if you don't get this position? - Best Answers