Table A.4 Common Interview Questions
  • Tell me about yourself. What led you to choose your particular field (or your academic major)? Describe your level of satisfaction with your choice.
  • Describe what you understand is required in the position you are applying for. Summarize your qualifications in light of this description.
  • Why do you want to leave your current employer? or Why did you leave your last employer?
  • Describe the place/city/surroundings that would be your ideal working environment.
  • Tell me what you know about our organization that led you to be interested in us.
  • Give me a specific example of something you learned from a previous work experience.
  • Describe your ideal working day.
  • Describe the job you’d like to be doing five years from now.
  • Describe a time when you demonstrated initiative in your employment (or volunteer) position.
  • Tell me about a time when your willingness to work was demonstrated to your supervisors.
  • Describe your strongest attribute with an example of how it paid off.
  • Tell me about a recent project that didn’t turn out the way you wanted. What did you do to try to make it work?
  • Describe a time when you worked through a difficult coworker situation.
  • If I gave you this job, what would you accomplish in the first three months?
  • Are there any questions that you want to ask?