Practice: Answering Common Interview Questions

Directions: Practice your interview skills by thinking about answers to these common interview
questions. There are no wrong answers! This is just to give you some practice and to make you
feel more comfortable during an interview. After writing answers to each question, practice
reading your answers to yourself, to family, or to friends. Then, practice telling your answers to
someone from memory, without reading them!
1. Tell me something about yourself. (What do you really want to do?)
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2. What subjects do you like the best? Why?

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3. What jobs have you held? What were your duties and responsibilities?
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4. What have you learned from some of the jobs you have held?
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5. What do you expect to be doing 10 years from now? (What are your career goals?)
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6. What can you offer? What are your strengths?
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7. What are your weaknesses? How can you improve on them?

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8. Tell me about a time when you made a mistake. How did you fix it?
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9. Why are you interested in this company? (Why do you want to work here?)
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10. What do you know about our company?

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11. What questions do you have for me about the position or the company?
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