Sample Interview Questions

Here is a list of sample interview questions job-seekers can expect, especially at first, more traditional interviews.

1.Tell me about yourself?
2.What motivates you?
3.Why should I hire you?
4.Are you a goal-oriented person?
5.Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them.
6.What are your short-term goals?
7.What is your long-range objective?
8.What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
9.Where do you want to be ten years from now?
10.Do you handle conflict well?
11.Have you ever had a conflict with a boss or professor? How did you resolve it?
12.What major problem have you had to deal with recently?
13.Do you handle pressure well?
14.What is your greatest strength?
15.What is your greatest weakness?
16.If I were to ask one of your professors to describe you, what would he or she say?
17.Why did you choose to attend your college?
18.What changes would you make at your college?
19.How has your education prepared you for your career?
20.What were your favorite classes? Why?
21.Do you enjoy doing independent research?
23.Who were your favorite professors? Why?
24.Why is your GPA not higher?
25.Do you have any plans for further education?
26.How much training do you think you'll need to become a productive employee?
27.What qualities do you feel a successful manager should have?
28.Why do you want to work in the _____ industry?
29.What do you know about our company?
30.Why are you interested in our company?
31.Do you have any location preferences?
32.How familiar are you with the community that we're located in?
33.Will you relocate? In the future?
34.Are you willing to travel? How much?
35.Is money important to you?
36.How much money do you need to make to be happy?
37.What kind of salary are you looking for?
38.Why are you leaving your current position?
39.What do you consider your most significant accomplishment tll date?
40.Why do you believe you are qualified for this position?
41.Have you ever accomplished anything you didn't think you could?
42.What do you like/dislike most about your current or last position?
43.How do you handle pressure? Do you like or dislike such situations?
44.The sign of a good employee is the ability to take initiative. Can you describe a situation
where you did this?
45.How have you grown or changed over the past few years?
46.What do you consider your most significant strength?
47.Deadlines, frustrations, difficult people and silly rules can make a job difficult. How do you
handle these types of situations?
48.One of our biggest problems is… What has been your experience with this? How would you
deal with it?
49.How has your technical ability been important in accomplishing results?
50.How would you handle a situation with tight deadlines, low employee morale and inadequate
resources?
51.Are you satisfied with your career till date? What would you change if you could?
52.What are your career goals? Where do you see yourself five or ten years from now?
53.Why should we hire you for this position? What kinds of contributions would you make?
54.What do you want to do with your life?
55.Do you have any actual work experience?
56.How would you describe your ideal job?
57.Why did you choose this career?
58.When did you decide on this career?
59.What goals do you have in your career?
60.How do you plan to achieve these goals?
61.How do you evaluate success?
62.Describe a situation in which you were successful.
63.What do you think it takes to be successful in this career?
64.What accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction in your life?
65.If you had to live your life over again, what would you change?
66.Would your rather work with information or with people?
67.Are you a team player?