Sample Job Interview Questions

1. Please tell me about yourself.

2. What are your strongest skills?

3. Why should we hire you?

4. What do you know about this job?

5. Will you tell me about any work experience or training that relates to this job?

6. Why would you want to work for this company?

7. Please describe your work experience.

8. Are you willing to travel in this position?

9. How long were you with your former employer?

10. What are your strengths and weaknesses?

11. Do you work well under pressure?

12. What are you most proud of?

13. What type of things irritate you about your colleagues?

14. Are you ok working for a younger supervisor?

15. Describe your best and worst boss?

16. What have you learned from your mistakes?

17. What do you know about this company?

18. What do you want to be doing five-years from now?

19. What are your hobbies and interests outside of work?

20. Do you plan to continue your education? Have professional development?

21. What kind of work interests you the most?

22. What are your salary expectations for the next five years?

23. What motivates you?

24. Do you consider yourself a leader or a follower?

25. Of the classes you have taken in the undergraduate program, which did you like best? Why?

26. If another employee asked you to sign her out because she was leaving 45-minutes early, how would you handle this?

27. If your boss asks you to do something birthday shopping for her son on your lunch hour, what would your response be?

28. What are your greatest weaknesses?

29. What do you expect in the way of a beginning salary?

30. Have you been fired from a job?

31. What do you think is the greatest challenge in our field today? How will you deal with it?

References:

• Pearson, J. et al. (2008). Human Communication. (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.

• Eischen, C.W. and Eischen, L.A. (2007). Resume, Cover Letters, Networking, and Interviewing. (2nd ed.). USA: Thomson South-Western.