JOB INTERVIEW

QUESTIONS

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Questions to ask the interviewer:

End your job interview by asking the interviewer one or two of the questions below to
create a high-impact exit. You’ll be perceived as memorable.
You are asking him/her these questions to bring them back into the conversation if they
have started drifting mentally and to end the interview on a high note.
If your interview has gone well, these bold questions to the interviewer will make them
sit up and take notice of you.

Q1. One year from today what would the new hire you’re interviewing for need to have
achieved to exceed all expectations?

Q2. What is the most unexpected thing you’ve learnt while working here?

Q3. Apart from people - what is your favorite part of working at this company?

Q4. What goals has your hiring manager set for you in the next one year and how can
this new hire help you achieve them?

Q5. Can you tell me of a time when a person was encouraged to step outside their job
description in this company?

Q6. If you could improve one thing about this company, what would it be?

Q7. You mentioned that this new hire would be tasked with X challenge. What has the
team already done to overcome that challenge and why hasn’t it worked?

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Questions the interviewer will ask you:

Tip #1. Prepare answers to as many of the following questions as you can. Many of
these questions, or versions of them will be asked in addition to your domain specific
testing by the interviewer.
Tip #2. Use the S.T.A.R.T. technique as much as possible to answer questions within a
framework so that you are to the point and your answers seem logical.
S = Situation (give context to the answer by describing the situation)
T = Tasks (mention the task you were asked to do or took upon yourself)
A = Actions (what specific 2 – 3 action steps did you take)
R = Results (what was the result)
T = Takeaway (what were your key takeaways / learnings from this experience)

Basic Questions
Write your answers to the questions that may come up during your interview. Keep the
answers brief so that you can brush over them the night before the interview.

Q1. Tell me about yourself.

Q2. Why are you the best person for this job?

Q3. Explain how your academic training has prepared you for this role.

Q4. Give us an example of a creative solution to a specific problem you have solved.

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Q5. Walk us through your work experience.

Q6. Are you analytical? Prove it.

Q7. Prove you can work under pressure with an example.

Q8. In what work environment are you most productive?

Q9. How do you respond to criticism?

Q10. Name three adjectives that describe you / how would your friends describe you.

Q11. Why do you want this job?

Q12. What are you looking for in your next position?

Q13. What are your strengths?

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Q14. What are your weaknesses?

Q15. How would co-workers describe you?

Q16. Are you willing to relocate?

Q17. What are your greatest achievements?

Q18. Describe the three things that are important to you in a job.

Q19. What are your short-term goals?

Q20. What salary are you expecting?

Q21. Why do you want to leave your current job?

Q22. What do you know about our organisation?

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Q23. What have you gained from your work experience?

Q24. Is there any question you would like to ask us?

Advanced Questions

Q 25. Give me an example where you could not take a decision or speak up because
you did not have enough information.

Q 26. Give me an example when you had to take a decision without all the information.
What was the outcome and were you happy with it?

Q 27. What is the most difficult decision you have had to take? What was the outcome?

Q 28. Tell me about a situation when you had to solve a difficult problem. Thought
process, execution, outcome. done differently.

Q 29. Describe a situation when you had to make decisions under pressure or a time
limit.

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Q 30. Describe a situation when you had to take a public stand on an issue and then
had to change it.

Q 31. What steps do you follow to study a problem before making a decision and why?

Q 32. Tell me about a problem you had to solve in a unique or unusual way. What was
the outcome?

Q 33. How do you decide what gets top priority while scheduling your time?

Q 34. How do you prioritise your projects and tasks while scheduling your time?

Q 35. Describe a situation when you had to do a number of things at the same time.
How did you handle it? What was the result?

Q 36. Have you ever had difficulty getting others to accept your ideas? What was your
approach, did it work?

Q 37. Describe a scenario when you have gone over and above what was expected of
you at work.

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Q 38. Describe a situation when you took initiative rather than doing what you were told.

Q 39. Tell me about a situation when you had to head a project. How did you do it?
What was the outcome?

Q 40. At work what was the toughest group you had objections from. How did you
overcome them? What was the result?

Q 41. Give me an example when you had to show good leadership.

Q 42. Tell me about a situation when you had to speak up and be assertive about a
point of view that was important to you.

Q 43. Tell me about a time when your active listening skills really paid off.

Q 44. What has been your experience in giving presentations to large or small groups?

Q 45. What has been your most successful experience in speechmaking?

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Q 46. Have you ever had to ‘sell’ your ideas to a co-worker? How did you do it?

Q 47. How do you resolve issues with your co-workers who still disagree with you?

Q 48. How do you handle a team member who does not finish his share of work?

Q 49. Describe a situation when you had to arrive at a compromise with a team
member.

Q 50. Describe a situation when you had to work in a team that did not get along.

Q 51. Describe a time when, if it hadn’t been for teamwork your goal might not have
been completed.

Q 52. Describe a situation when others in your team working on a project disagreed with
your ideas.

Q 53. Describe a situation when your work was not up to your supervisor’s standards.

Q 54. Tell me about a goal you setup, how did you reach it, what steps did you take and
what problems did you encounter?
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Q 55. Tell me about a goal you setup but could not reach. What alternate approaches
did you try? How did it make you feel?

Q 56. How often do you set goals and revisit them?

Q 57. Tell me about a time you had to work with someone you do not get along with.
What happened?

Q 58. Describe a situation when you had conflict with another person. How did you deal
with it? What was the outcome?

Q 59. Tell me about the most difficult customer service experience you have had. How
did you handle it?

Q 60. Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a very upset customer or
coworker.

Q 61. What have you done in the past to contribute to a teamwork environment?

Q 62. Describe a situation where you found yourself dealing with someone who doesn’t
like you.

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Q 63. Relate a personal story in which you persuaded someone to do something that
was not appealing to him or her.

Q 64. Narrate a situation at work that caused you a high level of stress.

Q 65. Describe a project or goal that caused you a great deal of frustration.

Q 66. Describe an instance when you had to think very quickly to get yourself out of
trouble.

Q 67. Narrate a situation when your integrity was challenged. How did you handle it?

Q 68. Tell me a time when you experienced a loss by doing something that was right.
How did you feel?

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