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Questions to Prepare for an Interview
What do you know about our organization?
What would you do for our organization in the first 90 days And beyond?
What do you look for in a job?
What has been your most difficult challenge that you overcame?
Do you consider yourself to be a good leader? Provide an example.
Are you a strong manager?
Did you ever fire anyone? If so, what were the reasons and how did you handle it?
Why would you leave your present job?
Describe the ideal work environment for you.
What style of management do you like working for?
What kind of boss are you?
What is your single greatest business success?
In your current or last position, what features did you like the most? Least?
What do your subordinates think of you?
In your current or last position, what are or were your five most significant accomplishments?
What do you think of your boss?
Would you describe a few situations in which your work was challenged? How did you handle it?
If I spoke with your previous boss, what would he say are your greatest
strengths and weaknesses? What would he/she tell me you still need to
work on?
Can you quantify the value you have brought your current employer (revenue, cost savings)?
In your present position, what problems have you identified that have been previously overlooked?
How have you improved communication in your department?
Why do you want to work for us?
What was the last book you read? Movie you saw? Sporting event you attended?
Are you creative? Give examples.
Are you results oriented? Give examples.
What are your career goals?
What are you doing or have you done to achieve them?
How do you keep yourself current in your industry?
Have you ever been a mentor to someone? Describe the situation.
According to your definition of success, how successful have you been so far?
Have you ever received critical feedback? What was it? How did you respond?
How would your subordinates describe your management style?
What was the best job you ever had?
What did you like the most?
Describe a recent situation that best illustrates your style in leading others to accomplish a task?
Have you had a subordinate who was not performing up to their
potential? Describe the situation and how you handled it as well as the
outcome.
Have you ever fired an employee? Describe the situation and the results.
Describe the last time you disagreed with one of your bosses or
co-workers. What was the reason? How did you express your disagreement?
What was the person's reaction? What was the outcome?
Tell me about a recent time when you had to rely on the cooperation of
your peers to get the job done. What was the task? How did you go about
gaining their cooperation? What difficulties did you run into? How did
you handle the difficulties? How did it turn out?
Despite
our best intentions, we don't always see eye-to-eye with people. Tell
me about the co-worker you just don't get along with. Why does this
person irritate you? Tell about the time you got along best with this
person.
Recall a time when you were really angry or frustrated at work. What was the situation and what did you do about it?
Recall a conflict between your personal/business life. What was the conflict? How did you resolve it?
Describe the most prominent mistake you made in your career and how it
was handled. What were the results and what did you learn from it?
Describe a setback in your career and what you did about it. What was the end result?
Tell me about the last time you received critical feedback? What was
it? Was there a pattern to it and how did you handle it? What were the
results?
What was the most difficult ethical business decision you have had to make? What did you do and what were the end results?
Tell me about the most long-term, extra-hour effort you have undertaken
in the last year. What was the project or assignment? What extra effort
did you put in? Were you successful? Why or why not?
Tell me about a recent time when your work was very hectic. What did you do to keep it under control?
If you could start your career over, what would you do differently?
Which of your past jobs has been most demanding in terms of having to
handle a variety of tasks at once? What competing demands did you have
to deal with? How did you decide what to do first? How did it turn out?
Tell me about the most perplexing problem you faced over
the last two years? How did it arise? How did you analyze it? What
alternatives did you consider and what solutions did you try? How did
you implement the solutions and what was the result?
Tell
me about the last time you made a decision when the procedures or
instructions were unclear, ambiguous, or contradictory. How did you
decide what to do? What alternatives did you consider and how did the
decision work out?
What was the toughest decision you had
to make in the last six months? What made it so tough? What factors did
you consider to reach your decision? How would you handle this type of
decision in the future?
What keeps you awake at night?
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