Great Interview Questions
This page has been broken down into two sections: ‘Traditional’ Interview Questions and ‘Further’ Interview Questions. Depending on the level of the role you’re interviewing for, the traditional interview questions may be fine to get an overall ‘feel’ for the candidate, but when a more in-depth or thought-provoking interview is required, the further interview questions may be more appropriate. Often a mix of the two works well.
Traditional Interview Questions:
- 1. How would you describe yourself at work?
- 2. What are your strengths/weaknesses?
- 3. What do you know about our company?
- 4. Why do you want to work for this company and what can you contribute to us?
- 5. What interests you most/least about this position, and why?
- 6. Why are you looking to leave your current job? (Discuss previous jobs too)
- 7. What are your career goals/where would you like to be in five years?
- 8. What are you looking for in a company/job?
- 9. How do you cope with pressure/deadlines? Give examples.
- 10. What do you find difficult/frustrating in your current/previous job?
- 11. Give examples of how you’ve worked as part of a team?
- 12. What is your greatest achievement to date? (Professional and personal)
- 13. How would your colleagues/friends describe you?
- 14. What do you do in your spare time?
- 15. Why should I offer you this job over someone else?
Further Interview Questions:
- 1. Other than work, what are your personal goals for next five/ten years?
- 2. How do you plan to achieve your long-term career goals?
- 3. How would you evaluate your ability to deal with change?
- 4. Give examples of how you resolve the conflict?
- 5. What motivates you to go the extra mile on a project or job?
- 6. What’s unique about you? What have you go that nobody else has?
- 7. How do you determine or evaluate success?
- 8. What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours?
- 9. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our company?
- 10. How can you demonstrate that you’re a leader? (Give examples)
- 11. What’s the most recent book you’ve read?
- 12. What accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?
- 13. If you were hiring for this position, what qualities would you look for?
- 14. How do you cope with pressure? (Give examples)
- 15. What's one of the hardest decisions you've ever had to make?
- 16. Why did you decide to seek a position in this company?
- 17. What do you know about our competitors?
- 18. What criteria do you use to evaluate us as a potential employer?
- 19. What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it?
- 20. Give examples of how you have learnt from your mistakes?
- 21. What have you accomplished that shows your initiative?