Reviewing and answering the following list of commonly asked interview questions is a great way to prepare for an interview. Typically, employers have a limited amount of time to gain an understanding of prospective employees. Your answers to these questions help employers make informed decisions and enable them to learn more about you as an individual. They are therefore an integral part of the hiring process.
GENERAL QUESTIONS
• What do you do for fun?
• What do you like to do when you are not at work?
• Why did you leave your last job?
ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE
• Describe the job you have held in the past that was most gratifying.
• How can you help our company be more profitable?
• Tell me how you would handle multiple projects in the job.
• What aspects of your job do you consider most crucial?
ABOUT YOUR SKILLS
• Describe a professional skill you have developed in your most recent job.
• Describe a situation in which you have applied your skills to solve a problem.
• Describe your ability to solve problems in the workplace.
• How well can you multi-task?
• How would you rate your communication skills?
• What new skills or ideas do you bring to the job that other candidates aren't likely to offer?
• What would your colleagues tell me about your attention to detail?
ABOUT YOUR WORK STYLE
• Are you able to meet aggressive deadlines? Do you have experience doing so in the past?
• Do you like working alone or in a team environment?
• Do you prefer continuity in structure or frequent change in your daily work?
• Do you work well under pressure?
• How do you go about making important decisions?
• How do you measure the success of your work?
• Tell me about the way you work.
ABOUT YOUR RESUME
• Are you involved with any professional affiliations?
• Tell me something about yourself that I didn't know from reading your resume.
• Why are you currently unemployed?
• Why have you held so many jobs in recent times?
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Have you taken any classes since college to bring your skills up to date?
• Is there anything you would change about your college education?
SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Have you ever managed a project for your previous employer? What was the result?
• Tell me about a contribution you have made to a team.
• Tell me about a project you completed ahead of schedule.
• Tell me about any honors or awards that you have received in the past.
• Tell me about the most significant accomplishment in your career?
ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER
• How do you maintain your composure when you are in the hot seat?
• How do you usually handle criticism?
• Is there anything else about you that I should know?
• What are your top strengths? Weaknesses?
• What is your definition of success? How have you been successful in the past?
• What one word best describes you?
CAREER GOAL QUESTIONS
• Describe your ideal job.
• What are your work-related goals for the next few years?
• What motivated you to change careers at this time?
• What prompted you to choose your current career?
• Where do you see yourself in five years? In ten years?
MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS
• Describe a situation in which you demonstrated independent initiative.
• Describe a time when you had to alter your leadership style to be more effective.
• Describe the situation in which you are most comfortable as a leader.
• Describe your management style.
• Have you ever hired anyone? What qualities do you seek?
• Have you managed people in any of the positions you have held?
• How do you deal with difficult people?
• How would you define "leadership?" How would you rate yourself as a leader?
• How would you describe your philosophy about management?
• Tell me about a time that you made a critical decision without supervision?
• Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a challenging project in your job.
Commonly Asked Interview Questions
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Lou S •Good article...What questions should the candidate ask? -
Robin R •Good information!
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Betty B •I think this article has some very pertinent questions that one might hear on a job interview. It's always better to be prepared!
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Gloria R •I think this an excellent article. I have not ever read one like this. It rreally focuses on the finer aeas of interviewing.
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Good review. Always good to be prepared for questions that can come up at an interview
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John O •Questions should be geared to different levels of empoyment. In other words, most of the queries here would not be asked to a person interviewing for a general laborer job. Us peons need to know questions that are likely to be asked.
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PARESH B •EXCELLENT TIPS
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Eleanor C •I have heard many of these questions at my interviews-I only wish I had had it before I went(but I am still looking for full time so I will use them).
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Kennitia S •Thank you guys so much!! These questions really help me, I have a job fair to go to & a interview to go to & these questions will help my get a job & I think when the interviewer ask me the same questions I clam up!! I won't now since u guys helped me with that!!! Thank u so so much!!
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Nichelle B •very helpful material, thanks for the review questions
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Thank you for all of your comments on here. The questions listed above are common questions asked in interviews. They are used here just to get you thinking. We can not supply the answers because every answer would "depend"... depend upon your chosen career, where you are in your career, your type of career and so on. Every person would answer these questions "depending" upon their circumstances. Just take a little bit of time and jot down the question and your answers. Practice them before your interview and you will have a great interview. We wish all of you the best.
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Frankie W •Very helpful questions, I've had some of them asked me before this will give me example of what to expect and learn the correct way to answer, Thank you
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Oditza C •This is the best reading material right to the point very helpful insight
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Sandra Q •Thank you very much for your help ! because actually I'm applied for some job and I'm training for interview.
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Brad P •Good refresher information !However it seems now most interviewers are mostly interested asking the 5 whys 1( why did I leave, 2) why could I not be placed in another position, 3) was a pay cut offered, 4) why was your role expandable,5) how good are your computer skills ? Not much about the individual and what other skills I may be able to offer. Over-all the electronic age has taken the valuable art of conversation out of alot of the interview process.
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Pamela C •I really appreciated this article. It helped me to prepare for my interview very well.
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MILIND R •Excellent & useful tps to guide & review for interview. Thanks you so much.
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Matthews P •Thank you for such a thought provoking article, you have really opened up my mind
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Marcella O •I have an interview this week, and these questions are thought provoking, and very useful. It was a good "process" to ask myself these questions and evaluate my responses. Thank you
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Domimic N •Words cannot describe how good I feel having gone through these questions. I am now better equipped to face the rigors of interview, more so, as a person that is barely two months in the US; having spent all my life and career in my native country, Nigeria. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity.
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Beverlee W •95% of the questions have nothing to do with my previous career choices. Every job is different. You did what you were hired to do to the best of your ability. I was with my last employer for 14 years. This job and all of my previous jobs were routine. Nothing to do with gaining attention. Everyone works as a team. So, you can imagine how difficult these interview questions are to answer. They make us very uncomfortable when we are unable to answer them, thus making us look bad in the eye of the interviewer.
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jim g •Would you please comments on the answers?the questions are abslutely greatThanks a millionJames G
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Betty N •A Great Road Map. Would like to have some suggestion in the answers to the questions.
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Hattie W •Thank you so much for these interview questions, am sure I Will have more get a job after answering them at home first.Love it!
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David P •Reading the other comments I found these questions to be a very good review!Always a good idea to revisit past experiences and future career goals. Good questions, very good way to find out and or identify specifics about an individual or about the employer. These questions can work both ways.
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