OPERATIONS SPECIFIC HR PREPARATION
Basic Preparation:
• Tell me about yourself
• Why Operations?
• Tell me something not on your CV
• What are your three major accomplishments?
• What was an experience in your life that you would want to go back and change?
• How would your friends describe you in 3 words?
• What are your five to ten-year career goals?
• Two situations when you stood up to your superiors: One where you failed, and one where you
succeeded
• Describe the job or the activity which has had the greatest impact on your career goals.
• Why _____ company/industry/profile?
• Given that you have no background in this field why are you interested in it?
• What do you predict is going to happen in this industry in the next 5 years?
• How would you go about evaluating a business?
• Define leadership.
• What qualities should a successful manager possess? Do you have these attributes?
• Situation when you successfully resolved a conflict.
• Situation when you faced an ethical dilemma
• Situation in which you worked under deadline pressure.
• Give me an example of how you manage multiple projects
• Biggest Failure of your life/ Part of a team and failed
• Name a point in your life where you turned a negative into a positive.
• A situation where you displayed creativity
• A situation where you showed initiative
• A situation where you were short of time/resources. How did you approach it?
• A situation where you dealt with ambiguity. How did you deal with it?
• What are your strongest abilities?
• What is your biggest weakness?
• Why should we hire you? What makes you stand out among your fellow students?