Question Bank for Interview
I.Personal
A.Background
1.Tell me about yourself.2.What would you like me to know about you that is not on your resume?3.What are the three most important events of your life?4.What were you doing during this gap of time I see here on your resume?5.Where did you grow up?6.What are your three major accomplishments?7.What was an experience in your life that you would want to go back andchange?
B.Self Description
1.How would your friends describe you?
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Give me three words to describe you?
C.Goals
1.What new goals have you established for yourself recently?2.What are your five to ten year career goals?3.What are your career and educational goals?4.What are the attributes of an ideal job for you? If you could do “it” allover again, what would you do differently?5.What are you looking for?6.How long a commitment do you plan to give me?7.What is your ideal job?8.What other types of positions are you considering?9.What kind of boss would you prefer?10.Why are you pursuing this field?11.What would you like your lasting impression to be?12.Do you have a final statement?13.What are your career options right now?14.How could you have improved your career path?15.What salary are you expecting? In addition to salary, what benefitswould most interest you?
D.Values
1.What does “success” mean to you?2.What does “failure” mean to you?3.Which is more important to you: money or the type of job?
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Who do you admire & Why?5.What do you get passionate about?
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Who is your hero, and why?
The greatest answer is if you can use afamily member or friend; try to stay away from celebrities.
E.Previous Bosses
1.Did you get an offer from the firm you worked for this summer?2.Do you have other offers? Why would/wouldn’t you take our offer over one of the others?3.What can you tell me about your past bosses?4.How do you think a former supervisor would describe your work?5.What did you enjoy most about your last employment? Least?6.How did you find your summer jobs?7.Describe the job or the activity which has had the greatest impact onyour career goals.
II.Management / Leadership Style
1.What is your management philosophy?2.Define leadership.3.Tell me about a time when you successfully resolved a conflict.4.Give me an example of a leadership role you have held when noteverything went as planned.5.What qualities should a successful manager possess? Do you havethese attributes (of a good manager) ?6.What two attributes are most important in your job?7.Give an example of a situation in which you provided a solution to anemployer.8.Give an example of a time in which you worked under deadlinepressure.9.Name a point in your life where you turned a negative into a positive.10.Tell me about a decision you have made that you later regretted.11.How do you feel about working overtime?12.Give me an example of how you manage multiple projects.13.What would you say to a boss that has a sub-par idea?
III.Strengths / Weaknesses and Skills
1.Are you creative? Give me an example. What have you done that youconsider creative?2.What are your strongest abilities?
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What is your biggest weakness?
Never say that being a perfectionist isyour biggest weakness. Some applicants think that this makes you look better, but it seems that you not secure.
4.Why should we hire you?5.Give me an example of something that you have done that showsinitiative.6.What makes you stand out among your fellow students?
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7.What makes you different from the other candidates for this position?8.What can you do for us that someone else cannot do? What was themost important thing you learned from your previousexperience/internship?9.How do your skills relate to our needs? What can you offer us?10.What have you disliked in your past jobs?11.How long before you can make a contribution? In the past year, whathave you been dissatisfied about in your performance?12.What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal withit?13.Have you ever had any failures? What did you learn from them?14.How do you feel about working in a structured environment?15.Are you able to work on several assignments at once?16.In what kind of work environment do you do your best work?17.What kinds of tasks and responsibilities motivate you the most?18.What has been your greatest challenge?
IV.Interpersonal Skills
1.How competitive are you?2.How do you work under pressure?3.Give me an example of a time when you successfully worked within ateam.4.What types of people seem to rub you the wrong way?5.Define cooperation.6.What kinds of people do you enjoy working with?7.What kinds of people frustrate you?8.Have you ever managed a conflict? How?9.Have you ever spoken before a group of people? How large?10.With what kind of people do you like to work?
V.Education
1.Why did you decide to get an MBA?
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Why this college?3.What made you decide to major in____?
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What have you learned at this college that will help you on this job?5.Do you hold any leadership positions?6.What electives have you taken? Which did you enjoy the most?7.What college classes did you like the least? Why?8.Why didn’t you attend (another school)?9.How do you balance the different priorities MBA student life presents?10.Did your grades accurately reflect your ability? Why/Why not?11.Describe the course that has had the greatest impact on your thinking.
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Very good interview questionnaire. Thnaks very much.