Basic
Interview Questions:
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[1] Tell me about
yourself?
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[2] What are your
strengths?
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[3] What are your
weaknesses?
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[4] Why do you want
this job?
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[5] Where would you
like to be in your career five years from now?
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[6] What's your ideal
company?
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[7] What attracted you
to this company?
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[8] Why should we hire
you?
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[9] What did you like
least about your last job?
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[10] When were you most
satisfied in your job?
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[11] What can you do for
us that other candidates can't?
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[12] What were the responsibilities
of your last position?
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[13] Why are you leaving
your present job?
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[14] What do you know
about this industry?
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[15] What do you know
about our company?
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[16] Are you willing to
relocate?
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[17] Do you have any
questions for me?
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Behavioral
Interview Questions:
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[18] What was the last
project you headed up, and what was its outcome?
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[19] Give me an example
of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.
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[20] Can you describe a
time when your work was criticized?
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[21] Have you ever been
on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle
it?
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[22] Tell me about a
time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?
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[23] What is your
greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?
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[24] What irritates you
about other people, and how do you deal with it?
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[25] If I were your
supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would
you do?
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[26] What was the most
difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?
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[27] Give me an example
of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?
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[28] What irritates you
about other people, and how do you deal with it?
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[29] Tell me about a
time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.
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[30] If you were at a
business lunch and you ordered a rare steak and they brought it to you well
done, what would you do?
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[31] If you found out
your company was doing something against the law, like fraud, what would you
do?
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[32] What assignment was
too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue?
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[33] What's the most
difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to
that decision?
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[34] Describe how you
would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the
end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.
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Salary
Questions:
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[35] What salary are you
seeking?
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[36] What's your salary
history?
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[37] If I were to give
you this salary you requested but let you write your job description for the
next year, what would it say?
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Career
Development Questions:
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[38] What are you
looking for in terms of career development?
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[39] How do you want to
improve yourself in the next year?
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[40] What kind of goals
would you have in mind if you got this job?
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[41] If I were to ask
your last supervisor to provide you additional training or exposure, what would
she suggest?
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[42] Getting Started
Questions:
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[43] How would you go
about establishing your credibility quickly with the team?
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[44] How long will it
take for you to make a significant contribution?
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[45] What do you see
yourself doing within the first 30 days of this job?
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[46] If selected for
this position, can you describe your strategy for the first 90 days?
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More
About You:
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[47] How would you
describe your work style?
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[48] What would be your
ideal working environment?
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[49] What do you look
for in terms of culture -- structured or entrepreneurial?
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[50] Give examples of
ideas you've had or implemented.
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[51] What techniques and
tools do you use to keep yourself organized?
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[52] If you had to choose
one, would you consider yourself a big-picture person or a detail-oriented
person?
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[53] Tell me about your
proudest achievement.
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[54] Who was your
favorite manager and why?
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[55] What do you think
of your previous boss?
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[56] Was there a person
in your career who really made a difference?
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[57] What kind of
personality do you work best with and why?
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[58] What are you most
proud of?
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[59] What do you like to
do?
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[60] What are your
lifelong dreams?
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[61] What do you ultimately
want to become?
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[62] What is your
personal mission statement?
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[63] What are three
positive things your last boss would say about you?
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[64] What negative thing
would your last boss say about you?
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[65] What three character
traits would your friends use to describe you?
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[66] What are three
positive character traits you don't have?
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[67] If you were
interviewing someone for this position, what traits would you look for?
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[68] List five words
that describe your character.
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[69] Who has impacted
you most in your career and how?
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[70] What is your
greatest fear?
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[71] What is your
biggest regret and why?
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[72] What's the most
important thing you learned in school?
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[73] Why did you choose
your major?
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[74] What will you miss
about your present/last job?
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[75] What is your
greatest achievement outside of work?
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[76] What are the
qualities of a good leader? A bad leader?
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[77] Do you think a
leader should be feared or liked?
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[78] How do you feel
about taking no for an answer?
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[79] How would you feel
about working for someone who knows less than you?
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[80] How do you think I
rate as an interviewer?
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[81] Tell me one thing
about yourself you wouldn't want me to know.
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[82] Tell me the
difference between good and exceptional.
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[83] What kind of car do
you drive?
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[84] There's no right or
wrong answer, but if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where
would you be?
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[85] What's the last
book you read?
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[86] What magazines do
you subscribe to?
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[87] What's the best
movie you've seen in the last year?
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[88] What would you do
if you won the lottery?
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[89] Who are your
heroes?
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[90] What do you like to
do for fun?
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[91] What do you do in
your spare time?
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[92] What is your
favorite memory from childhood?
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Brainteaser
Questions:
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[93] How many times do a
clock's hands overlap in a day?
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[94] How would you weigh
a plane without scales?
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[95] Tell me 10 ways to
use a pencil other than writing.
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[96] Sell me this
pencil.
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[97] If you were an
animal, which one would you want to be?
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[98] Why is there fuzz
on a tennis ball?
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[99] If you could choose
one superhero power, what would it be and why?
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[100] If you could get
rid of any one of the US states, which one would you get rid of and why?
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