Interview Qs: Common Ask Qs
Most interviewers ask questions in a planned sequence. They usually ask questions that relate to your:
Education Work Experience
Interpersonal skills Skills and Strengths
Ability to take initiative and solve problems Career goals
Personal Background
- Tell us about yourself.
- What would you say is your greatest strength / quality as an individual ?
- What are your hobbies? What do you normally do to pass your time?
- What about your greatest weakness?
- What would you say is your greatest achievement?
- According to your resume you were not very active in sports/co-curricular activities during your school and college days, why ? ( if you were really not active in sports )
- According to your resume you were very active in sports/co-curricular
activities during your school and college days, how did you manage your time between your studies and activities? Has being active in extra-curricular activities helped you in any way? ( if you were really active in sports )
- Are you a team player?
Qualifications
- What did you enjoy most about being a student?
- Tell us more about your final year project.
- What were the most important things you learned while studying?
- Your exam results are not very impressive, why do you think I should take a
chance in hiring you?
Work Experience
- Have you worked before? / Do you have any work experience?
- Did you work while waiting for your results ? If yes, tell me what you have learned from the job ? If no, why ?
- What would you say were some of the most important things you have learnt
during your practical training ?
- You mention here in your resume that you have worked with company X.
Could you tell us briefly what you did there?
- Why did you leave your last job/the job at company X?
- You don’t have much work experience, why do you think I should take a chance in hiring you?
- What do you think of doing overtime on a regular basis?
- What about shift work?
- Would you prefer working alone or with others?
- Can you work under pressure? What makes you say that (if your answer is ‘yes’)?
- In a supervisory role, how do you think you can motivate your staff?
- How would you deal with a subordinate who takes sick leave frequently?
The Company and the Job
- What do you know about us ?
- How did you manage to know so much about us ?
- What do you know about the job ?
- What qualities do you think a candidate should have in order to succeed in the
job?
- What is it about the company that appeals to you most ?
- What is your career objective ? Where would you like to be, career wise, in
5 years’ time ?
- Some people have problems coping with work stress. What would you do if
work became very stressful for you?
- Is money, in this case salary, very important to you? What other things would
you say are important to you?
- Would you say you are prepared to have long-term commitment to the
company?
Others
- Do you intend to further your studies ?
- What do you think if we send you to one of our branches ?
( Assuming that you do not want to go there )
- What is your expected salary ?
- Would you like to ask us anything ?
ok..those are some possible interview questions that i have gather from some resources..hope it’ll help in the interview. But first of all,bear in mind that the most important things for any interview to succeed and will get you the job is actually “BE PREPARED!”never take it lightly..your future depends on it and your actions and responds will reflect you as a future employee of a company…so always be PREPARED!!!
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