- Tell me something about yourself?
- Give a brief sketch of your family background?
- Briefly, would you summarize your education for me?
- What are your strengths and weaknesses?
- What would you say are areas needing improvement?
- What are your career goals?
- What is your greatest strength?
- Tell me about your dream job.
- What do you plan to be doing in five years' time?
- What sort of criteria are you using to decide the organization you will work for?
- Describe yourself in one words, Explain the reason?
- What kind of person are you?
- What is the guiding principle in life?
- What are your values in life?
- Tell us something about yourself that is not there in the resume?
- What is the career objective written in the resume?
- Why did you decide to wear this dress today?
- Describe an incident which had a great impact on you.
- Who is your role model in life?
- Who is the person who has influenced you the most and why?
- What is your passion in life?
- What is your dream in life?
- Can you sell ? If yes sell yourself.
- If fairy gave you three wishes what would it be?
- What five adjectives describe you best?
- How would you describe your character?
- How has your education and training prepared you for this job?
- Are you self-motivated or need any outside stimulation?
- How many hours are you prepared to work?
- Are you willing to travel?
- Why should we hire you?
- What is your philosophy towards work?
- Explain how you would be an asset to this organization?
- Are you a team player? Do you prefer to work alone or in a team ?
- What kind of person would you refuse to work with?
- What is more important to you: the money or the work?
- What are you looking for in a job?
- Tell me about your ability to work under pressure?
- What motivates you to do your best on the job?
- Are you a member of any professional institutions or social organizations?
- Anything special which you would like to mention about you and your achievement?
- What interests do you have apart from studies/work? (Hobbies).
- Are you willing to work overtime? Nights? Weekends?
- Would you lie for the company?
- Are you willing to put the interests of the organization ahead of your own?
- What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year? Are you applying for other jobs? Why do you want to work for this organization?
- What made you choose your major?
- What is your long-term employment career or objective?
- What do you feel you need to develop in terms of skill & knowledge in order to be ready for that opportunity
- Why might you be successful in such a job?
- Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most with your career objectives?
- Can you describe for me a difficult obstacle you have had to overcome? How did you handle it? How do you feel this experience affected your personality or ability?
- What do you think are the most important characteristics & abilities a person must possess to become a successful ( )? How do you rate yourself in these areas?
- Tell me specifically what you do in the civic activities in which you participate. (Leading questions in selected areas. i.e. sports, economics, current events, finance.)
- How do you keep up with what’s going on in your company / your industry/ your profession?
- What has been the most important person or event in your own self development?
- How much of your education did you earn?
- What kind of books & other publications do you read?
- How do you explain a career change?
- How do you explain gaps in your work history?
- Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most with your career objectives?
- Can you pinpoint any specific things in your past experience that affected your present career objectives?
- What would you most like to accomplish if you had this job?
- What might make you leave this job?
- What special aspects of your education or training have prepared you for this job?
- What do you feel you need to develop in terms of skill & knowledge in order to be ready for that opportunity?
- Can you pinpoint any specific things in your past experience that affected your present career objectives?
- What kind of things do you feel most confident in doing?
- Can you describe for me a difficult obstacle you have had to overcome? How did you handle it? How do you feel this experience affected your personality or ability?
- How would you describe yourself as a person?
- Do you consider yourself a self-starter? If so, explain why ( and give examples)
- What do you consider to be your greatest achievements to date? Why?
- What things give you the greatest satisfaction at work?
- What things frustrate you the most? How do you usually cope with them?
- Can you think of a problem you have encountered when the old solutions didn’t work & when you came up with new solutions?
- What kind of problems have people recently called on you to solve? Tell me what you have devised.
- Do you consider yourself to be thoughtful, analytical or do you usually make up your mind fast? Give an example. (Watch time taken to respond)
- What was your most difficult decision in the last six months? What made it difficult?
- The last time you did not know what decision to make, what did you do?
- How do you go about making an important decision affecting your career
- What was the last major problem that you were confronted with? What action did you take on it?
- What is your professional goal?
- What are your standards of success in your job?
- What approach do you take in getting your people to accept your ideas or department goals
- What do you think about the continuous changes in company operating policies & procedures?
- Describe your most significant success & failure in the last two years.
- What do you like to do best?
- What do you like to do least?
- What kind of books & other publications do you read?
- Have you taken a management development course?
- How are you helping your subordinates
- What have you done to improve your knowledge in the last year?
- What is your philosophy towards work?
- Explain how you would be an asset to this organization
- If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be?
- Tell me about the one thing in your life you're proudest of.
- Tell me about the worst decision you ever made.
- What personal qualities do you think are necessary to make a success of this job?
- How would you describe your ideal job?
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