INTERVIEW QUESTONS

GENERAL
 Tell me something about yourself.
 How would you describe yourself?
 I am curious – how did you come to find out about our company and what do you know about us?
 How did you learn about the opening (vacant position)?
 Why do you want this job? / Why are you interested in this position?
 What would you consider as your biggest strengths and weaknesses?
 Where do you see yourself five years from now?
 Out of all the candidates, why should we hire you?
 What would you consider as your biggest professional accomplishment?
 Tell me about the toughest decision you had in your life.
 What is your leadership style?
 What do you like to do outside work?
 Tell me how other people would describe you.
 If we hire you, what would you bring into our company/institution?
 What interests you about this job/profession?
 What is your spirit animal?
 How do you handle stress?
 How would you define success?
 What is your ideal working environment?
 Can you tell me about a difficult work situation and how you overcame it?
 Do you think you are qualified for this job?
 What is your salary range expectation?
 Let me give you a situation. Let’s say in the workplace your boss is wrong, how would you handle the
situation?
 How would you feel about reporting to a person younger than you?
 Which software and/or applications are you proficient in?
 Who would you consider your real-life heroes/heroines?
 Can you tell me about your favorite memory from childhood?
 Tell me about the last book that you have read.
 What do you think is a book that everyone should read and why?
 Describe a time when your work was criticized.
 Are you a good problem solver?
 Do you find it difficult to adapt to new situations
 What was your greatest failure and what did you learn from it?
 What is the your least favorite thing about yourself?
 How do you keep yourself organized?
 Tell me about a time you led by example.
 What is the best advice you’ve been given?
 What do you do during your free time? Do you have any hobbies?
 Describe a time when you had to prioritize conflicting deadlines. How did you arrive at your decision?
 Do you have any technical skills? Can you describe your top three technical skills?
 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? May you share an example?
 Why did you choose your major? *(If applicant has major)
 What will you miss about your previous job? *(If applicant has work experience)
 What is the best job you’ve ever had? *(If applicant has previous work experiences)
 What do you think is the time when you were most satisfied with your previous job? *(If applicant has work
experience)
 What do you think about your previous boss? *(If applicant has work experience)
 Can you discuss your salary history? *(If applicant has work experience)
 Tell me about your previous work experience *(If applicant has work experience)
 Can you describe your relationship with your coworkers, peers, colleagues? *(Depends on whether applicant
has experience or not)
 Why do you want to leave your current job? *(If the applicant has an existing employer)
 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
LAW
 What interests you about being a legal counsel for our industry?
 How do you manage confidential information?
 How would you describe a complex legal procedure to a client?
 What would you do if you were assigned a case that you were morally opposed to?
 Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond the call of duty. What was the outcome?
 What would you do about defending an individual who admits his guilt but wishes to plead not guilty?
 Describe your proudest accomplishments in your legal career.
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 Can you tell us about a time when you won a particularly challenging case? Why do you think you succeeded?
*(Criminal Law)
 Can you tell me about your training and background as a criminal investigator? *(Criminal Law)
 What is your success rate? *(Criminal Law)
 What is your most challenging investigation? *(Criminal Law)
 Can you describe the proper evidence collection techniques employed by criminal investigators? *(Criminal
Law)
 What has been the hardest case you’ve faced as a corporate lawyer? How did you handle it? *(Corporate
Law)
 Have you heard of a merger? What are the legal risks of a merger? *(Corporate Law)
ENGINEERING
 What do you enjoy most and least about engineering?
 What new engineering specialty skills have you developed or acquired recently?
 What do you get from engineering that you couldn’t get from any other kind of work?
 What was the workload like in your previous engineering department/position?
 What personal characteristics or qualities do you feel are necessary to be a successful engineer?
 Describe an experience you’ve had with a difficult client. How did you handle the situation?
 What are the biggest challenges that you believe civil engineers face? *(Civil Engineering )
 What do you believe should be the number-one priority for any civil engineer? *(Civil Engineering )
 If a design flaw on a completed construction caused an accident, would you bring this to the attention of
upper management? *(Civil Engineering )
MEDICINE
 How should Data Privacy Act be implemented in the medical practice?
 Do you have any volunteer experience?
 Why did you choose to become a doctor?
 What aspects of clinical work do you least enjoy?
 Why did you choose your field of specialty?
 How do you stay up-to-date in your field?
 What non-medical organizations did/do you belong to?
 What are your strengths and weaknesses as a doctor? *(insert specialty)
 Why should our hospital hire you?
 What do you know about our hospital?
 How do you handle emergencies?
 What would you do if a patient disagreed with your assessment of his or her health?
 Do you keep tabs on medical journals and have you read any articles of interest recently?
 What ethical dilemma have you faced in the practice of your profession?
 What is an interesting subject you’ve read about recently in a medical journal?
 How do you prevent committing medical malpractice?
 How do you feel about euthanasia? Why?
 What do you find most rewarding being a nurse? *Nursing
 Tell me about a time you had to handle a difficult patient. *Nursing
 What’s your strongest skill as a nurse? *Nursing
 How do you handle or deal with the stress of nursing? *Nursing
 What’s the hardest thing about being a nurse? *Nursing
 When were you proudest of your healthcare team? *Nursing
 Describe a time when you didn’t know how to deal with a healthcare issue. *Nursing
 Tell me about a time you had to persuade a patient about something. *Nursing
 Can you tell me about your favorite type of surgery to perform? *Surgery
 What do you understand about clinical governance?
 Can you give an example of risk management?
 What makes you a good veterinarian? *(Veterinary Med)
 What do you think are the roles of a veterinarian in our community? *(Veterinary Med)
 What made you decide to be a veterinarian? *(Veterinary Med)
 What would you do if there are obvious signs that an animal has been abused? *(Veterinary Med)
 What would you do if a client comes in with an injured animal that will surely die without medical attention,
but they only have a few dollars and the cost for animal care, and extended care, will be much higher than
what they are able to pay? *(Veterinary Med)
 If a client brings in a perfectly healthy animal and wants to euthanize it because they no longer want the dog,
 what do you do? *(Veterinary Med)
 If you make a mistake and cause the death of an animal, what would you do? *(Veterinary Med)
 What is the most difficult situation you’ve been faced with since you got in veterinary medicine? How did you
handle it? *(Veterinary Med)
 How do you stay up to date in the field of veterinary medicine? *(Veterinary Med)
 What problematic situations can occur in a pharmacy? *(Pharmacy)
 How do you keep yourself up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs and trends in the industry?
*(Pharmacy)
 A customer asks for an over-the-counter medication that you’ve never heard before. How would you handle
the situation? *(Pharmacy)
 A customer returns to the pharmacy with a bottle of prescription medication that is partially used and says it
doesn't work. How would you address the issue? *(Pharmacy)
 You're out of stock on medication for a customer who is extremely difficult. How would you explain the
situation to the patient? *(Pharmacy)
 What do you think is the most important business aspect of being a pharmacist? *(Pharmacy)
 What is your greatest strength as a therapist/psychologist? *(Psychologist)
 What challenges do you think you will face as a psychologist? *(Psychologist)
 Let’s pretend I am a novice, now, tell me, does forensic pathology only deals with the crime and death?
*(Forensic Pathology)
 As a forensic pathologist, what does a typical day at work consist of for you? *(Forensic Pathology)
 What do you like the most about being a forensic pathologist? *(Forensic Pathology)
 How long does an autopsy take, on average? *(Forensic Pathology)
 What makes a good forensic pathologist? *(Forensic Pathology)
 Tell me about your experiences in a dental office. *(Dentistry)
 What would you say is your dental philosophy? *(Dentistry)
 What is your philosophy on how oral health relates to overall body health? *(Dentistry)
 Once you knew you were interested in healthcare, why did you choose dental and not medical or
veterinarian? *(Dentistry)
 What do you like most about dentistry? Least? *(Dentistry)
 What do you think you can contribute to the dentistry profession? *(Dentistry)
 Do you think you’ll still be interested in dentistry in ten years? Why? *(Dentistry)
 How would you describe your knowledge of current technology and procedures in the dental practice?
*(Dentistry)
 How would you handle an unhappy or uncomfortable patient? *(Dentistry)
 What experience do you have with the business and administrative side of running a dental practice?
*(Dentistry)
 What are your goals as they relate to dentistry? *(Dentistry)
 Can you tell me about the process of examining a newborn?
 What would you tell a parent who isn’t sure that they should vaccinate their baby?
 Imagine that a parent calls and tells you their child has high fever and a rush. How do you respond?
 If two children come into the emergency room at the same time and one is crying while the other is silent,
which one do you attend to first?
 Tell me about a time you had to face an uncooperative child. How did you handle it?
 Let’s say a parent is argumentative. How would you handle such a situation?
 Give me an example of a time you felt fulfillment for your job
TEACHING
 What is your teaching philosophy?
 Can you describe the most inspiring ________ lesson you had?
 Tell me how your education, training and work experience would support your career as a chemistry teacher.
 How would you go about integrating real-world applications into your lessons?
 A student is failing your class. What motivational strategies do you use?
 Students cannot cooperate during a group assignment. What do you do?
 Tell me about a teacher who inspired you and what did you learn from him/her?
 What are the main duties and responsibilities of a chemistry teacher?
 What will you do if a lesson doesn’t work well?
 How do you use assessment in your classroom?
 Tell us your behavioral policy.
 Let’s say for instance a parent approached you and has questions regarding his/her child’s grades and would
like to compare his/her child’s grade with another student, what would you do?
 DEMO (IMPROMPTU)
RESEARCH
 What is the importance of research?
 What research projects have you done?
 Describe a situation you needed to use data to prove a point
 Tell me about a time when you received difficult feedback. How did you react?
 What do you think are some of the major challenges the accounting industry faces ahead? How will this
impact your role as a research analyst?
 Can you tell me about researches that you have conducted in the past? How relevant are they?
 Describe your experiences with work and statistics and how it relates to this position.
 Talk about a product that you think is marketed well. What kind of research contributed to those results?
 How would you approach analyzing our customers and competitors?
 What is the difference between research and audit?
FORESTRY / AGRICULTURE
 Tell me about a recent experience you’ve had working with your hands.
 What is your knowledge about cutting trees according to markings, sizes, types or grades?
 What do you know about identifying diseased or undesirable trees and removing them, using power saws or
hand saws?
 What do you feel is the most important skill an agriculturist should possess?
 Have you heard about AoA or Agreement on Agriculture? Tell me about it.
 At our company, we often communicate with DAR. Do you think you are capable of working with this level of
government?
 In your experience, what is the key to ensuring your company was compliant with all laws, regulations and
standards that were applicable to your area of responsibility?
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MARKETING / SALES
 Sell me this *(any object)
 Please walk me through your process of forecasting the sales of a new product
 How should a product, merchandise, service be marketed well?
 What are products that are not marketed well? What would you do to improve strategy?
 What are the most important aspects of marketing?
 What is an innovative new marketing strategy that you'd like to implement while in this position?
 A customer left a negative review of our product on a social media site. How do you respond to the customer?
 Tell us about a product that you successfully marketed. What was your strategy?
 Tell me about a marketing campaign you conducted that wasn't successful. What did you learn from that?
 Tell me about a working situation in which you had to market a product with a team of people who had very
different ideas and values from you. How did you manage the situation?
 You have been charged with the task of creating a new branding campaign for a product that hasn't been
doing well. What is your process?
 Why do you want this fast food crew job?
 What have you learned from mistakes as a fast food crew?
 What challenges are you expecting in this fast food crew position?
 Describe a typical work week of a fast food crew.
SERVICES
 How would you handle an irate customer?
SECRETARIAL WORK
 What qualities do you consider the most important in a secretarial or administrative professional job?
 If you report to multiple supervisors, how do you prioritize your work?
 How do you keep your managers updated on their work schedule?
 At your previous position, what inquiries did you typically respond to?
 What software tools do you use on a daily basis?
 How would you rate your computer skills?
 What steps do you take to protect confidential information?
 What cash-handling or expense reporting have you done? Can you describe the process you use to record
expenses?
 Who is the most challenging external or internal customer that you have? What is the most effective way to
work with this person?
 Describe in detail the steps you would take to plan a meeting for ten people.
 As a secretary, highlight your strengths and your weaknesses.
 What did you like best about your last secretary job and what did you enjoy least?
 Describe a situation in which you had to carefully schedule your activities to meet an objective.
 Describe what you do to control mistakes in your work.
 Tell me about a time a co-worker asked you about confidential information. How did you handle it?
WEB DEVELOPMENT / PROGRAMMING
 Can you tell me briefly about some projects you’ve worked on and the approach you took from start to finish?
 Let’s pretend I am a novice. Can you explain what _____________ is?
 Have you ever given a presentation publicly?
 What is namespacing in Javascript? (A namespace is a global object with a unique name that holds methods,
properties and other objects. It’s used to increase modularity and reuse of code in web applications, and to
prevent naming conflicts.)
 Who is your role model in the world of tech?
 Name a website or app that annoys/amazes you. What’s with the website or app that annoys/amazes you?
 Do you have any projects that you’re working on during your spare time?
 What do you do when an application stops working?
 Let’s pretend I am a novice. Describe software engineering. *(Software Engineering)
 Why is there a need to learn software engineering concepts? *(Software Engineering)
 Explain the roles and duties of a software engineer, software programmer. *(Software Engineering)
 Tell me about various types of software maintenance *(Software Engineering)
MANAGEMENT
 Describe your management style.
 Tell me about your leadership experience.
 What is your process in prioritizing tasks during busy times?
 How do you find opportunities to integrate management goals within your team?
 What is your biggest management weakness?
 How do you delegate tasks to your team?
 What’s your definition of a good/awesome manager?
 How important are deadlines in your profession?
 How do you motivate your staff, coworkers?
SOUND ENGINEERING / TECHNOLOGY
 What field experience do you have for a sound technician position?
 What have you done to improve your knowledge as a sound engineer or technician in the last year?
 Why do you want to work for our sound team?
 If we hire you, how can you improve our services as a music recording studio?
 Let’s say during a sound test, the mic is not generating any sound. What process or steps would you take to
remedy the situation?
PERFORMING ARTS
 What first got you into music or who inspired you to get into it?
 Who would you most like to collaborate with?
 What is your creative process like?
 If you could open a show with any artist who would it be and why?
 Do you sing in the shower? What songs do you sing?
 What would you be doing now, if it wasn’t for your music career?
 How do you think the Internet has impacted the music business?
 What is your favorite song to perform?
 Which famous musicians do you admire?
 If you could change something about the music industry, what would it be?
 Which musical instrument do you play?
 Is there a hidden meaning in any of your music?
 Please discuss how you interact with and respond to fans
 What is your favorite part about this line of work? Your least favorite? Why?
 Tell me about your favorite performance venue.
 What advice would you have for someone wanting to follow in your footsteps?
 Tell me about your training and background in dance. *(Dance Instructor)
 What styles of dance do you teach? *(Dance Instructor)
 If a student is lagging behind the rest of the class, how would you handle him/her? *(Dance Instructor)
 How do you inspire or motivate your students? *(Dance Instructor)
 How do you conduct a typical group class? *(Dance Instructor)
AERONAUTICS
 What made you chose the aeronautics profession?
 What are the daily responsibilities of an aeronautical technician?
 How important are aerospace engineers or technicians in our society?
ART/DESIGN/ARCHITECTURE
 Can I see your portfolio or samples of work?
 Walk me through your portfolio. Which pieces are you most proud of, and why?
 Which of your work sample involved more technical expertise?
 How do you measure the success of your designs?
 Tell me about a recent freelance project you’ve worked on that you’re proud of. What particularly brought out
 the best in you?
 Let’s pretend I am a novice, tell me about character design.
 What qualities and skills should a good concept artist or character designer?
 How do you incorporate feedbacks into your designs?
 What are the times you received hard criticism for your work?
 Describe your creative process.
 Let’s say you are in charge of the animation and design of a new video game. What would it look like and
how would it be like?
 Let’s say someone tells you to design/create something without any context. What do you do?
 What for you is the definition of fashion? Fashion Design)
 Why did you decide to choose fashion designing as a career? Fashion Design)
 How would you describe your personal style? Fashion Design)
 How would you relate past and present fashion trends? Fashion Design)
 Are you passionate about something aside from fashion? Fashion Design)
 What is your favorite part of being a fashion designer? Fashion Design)
 What skills are necessary in the fashion designing industry? Fashion Design)
 Do you make use of technology in designing? Fashion Design)
 How do you stay up to date in fashion? Fashion Design)
 What are your work ethics as a fashion designer? Fashion Design)
 What do you consider as an important facet of the fashion designing industry? Fashion Design)
 Who or what are your inspiration while creating your designs? Fashion Design)
 Why do you want to design fashion with us and not with one of our competitors? *(Fashion Design)
 In your opinion, what is the latest trend in fashion design? *(Fashion Design)
 Imagine your client you to design a room in a way that is visually pleasing but not practical. How would you
react? *(Interior Design)
 If a client kept rejecting all your designs, what would you do? *(Interior Design)
 Is there any interior design style you favor/dislike? *(Interior Design)
 What are a couple of questions you’d ask to discover your client’s requirements? *(Interior Design)
 What do you need to consider when designing? *(Interior Design)
 How would you prioritize tasks for a renovation project? *(Interior Design)
 What do you know about sustainable design? *(Interior Design)
 How do you keep up with industry changes? *(Interior Design)
 Do you prefer functionality or appeal? *(Interior Design)
 Have you ever had to collaborate with architects or tradespeople who were difficult to work with? *(Interior
Design)
 Have you ever exceeded the budget for a project? *(Interior Design)
 Imagine a client shows you a picture from a magazine and asks you to design their home exactly like that.
How would you respond?
 If an engineer’s study was delayed, how would you handle it?
 If you were assigned the study or design of a structure you don’t have experience with, how would you go
about completing it?
 What architecture or other magazines do you read?
 Do you have experience in working with different material like metal, wood etc.?
 Tell me about a time you had difficulty coordinating different parties on a construction project. How did you
manage?
 Give me an example of a creative idea you had that resulted in an improvement
 Tell me about a time priorities changed during a project. How did you handle it?

COMPANY / INSTITUTION RELATED INFO

 Benefits – free health card, free use of gym
 Gym memberships and discounts
 Health insurance, life insurance
 Commuting/Travel assistance
 Probation period
 Work from home
 Holiday policy, Paid Time Off (RTO), retirement benefits
 Employee training programs
 Core values (Commitment to sustainability, innovation, excellence, etc.)
 Workplace perks: coffee, flexible work schedules