Virtual Interview Questions

GENERAL 

 What experience, if any, do you have working on a virtual team? 

 Please tell me about your home work environment. (For example, are you the only
person home during the day? Do you have a home office?) 
 Describe what characteristics you have that make you a perfect candidate to work
remotely. 
 What concerns or challenges did you face while working remotely and how did you
overcome them? 

SELF-MOTIVATION 

 What motivates you to work hard? 

 How often do you expect to have a live interaction with your boss in this role? 
 Give me an example of a time when you created a business outcome from the start
and took it to the finish line? 
 How long do you want to be in this remote position and what are your expectations
for where your job will be a year from now? 
 What are your expectations for job promotions and salary increases and where do
you want to be in five years? 
 When you do great work, how do you like your work recognized?

SELF-DISCIPLINE

 How do you keep yourself on track to meet or exceed your goals? Please provide a
couple of examples. 
 How do you track projects to ensure they are not only completed but completed on
time? 
 How comfortable are you with troubleshooting connectivity or technology issues?
Can you give me an example of resolving such an issue on your own? 
 Please tell me about the single greatest mistake you have made in your job in the
last three years. 
 If you were hiring someone for this job, what would you look for? 

SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
 Please give me an example of when you needed additional resources to complete a
task, and how you went about obtaining those resources. 
 What expectations do you have as it relates to your use of technology for succeeding
as a remote worker? In that vein, what technology do you see as absolutely essential in
this role? 
 What are your preferred communication mediums when working remotely? 
 Do you have experience using video conferencing, such as Skype or Google
Hangouts? 
 What has caused you to feel stressed at work in the past and what have you done to
handle it? 
 Please give me an example of a time when you successfully worked on your own
under pressure.