Job Interview Questions
Tell me about yourself.
What is your greatest strength?
What is your greatest weakness?
What makes you unique?
Tell me about something that's not on your resume.
How will your greatest strength help you perform?
How do you handle failure?
How do you handle success?
Do you consider yourself successful? Why?
How do you handle stress and pressure?
How would you describe yourself?
Describe a typical work week.
Are you nice?
Are you willing to fail?
Are you willing to relocate?
Describe your work ethic.
Describe your work style.
Do you work well with other people?
Do you take work home with you?
How are you different from the competition?
How do you view yourself? Whom do you compare yourself to?
How does this job fit in with your career aspirations?
How many hours a week do you normally work?
How well do you assimilate into a new environment?
How would you adjust to working for a new company?
How would you describe the pace at which you work?
How would your co-workers describe your personality?
How would a professor describe you?
Is there anything else we should know about you?
What motivates you?
Are you a self-motivator?
What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make?
What has been the greatest disappointment in your life?
What are you passionate about?
What are your hobbies?
What are your pet peeves?
What is your dream job?
Would you rather be liked or respected?
Why should I take a risk on you?
If you could relive the last ten years of your life, what would you do differently?
Why are you leaving your job?
Why do you want to change jobs?
Why were you fired?
Why were you laid-off?
Why did you quit your job?
Why did you resign?
What have you been doing since your last job?
Why have you been unemployed?
What are your salary expectations?
What are your salary requirements?
Why would you take a job for less money?
Questions about your work history.
Questions about your resume.
What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were they met?
What were your responsibilities?
What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them?
What have you learned from your mistakes?
What did you like or dislike about your previous job?
Which was most / least rewarding?
What was the biggest accomplishment/failure in this position?
Questions about job demotions.
Describe the gap in your employment history.
What do people most often criticize about you?
What is the biggest criticism you received from your boss?
What makes you angry?
What problems have you encountered at work?
What strategies would you use to motivate your team?
What would you be looking for in an applicant?
When was the last time you were angry? What happened?
Why weren't you promoted at your last job?
Tell me about something you would have done differently at work.
If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what would they say?
What type of work environment do you prefer?
How do you evaluate success?
Describe a difficult work situation or project and how you overcame it.
Describe a time when your workload was heavy and how you handled it.
Discussion Questions:
1. How important is education?
2. Does your country have a good education system? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
3. Which countries have the best schools and universities? Why are they considered good?
4. Is education only for the young? What do people learn when they are older?
5. Henry Ford said, "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone
who keeps learning stays young." Do you agree? Why?
6. Do you enjoy learning new things? Give an example if you can.
7. Does studying make you tired? Is it hard work? How can a student get energy for study?
8. What characteristics should a good teacher have?
9. Have you ever considered becoming a teacher? Why or why not?
10. Who has taught you a lot in your life?
11. Some people learn on their own. What things, if any, have you learned without teachers or
formal education?
12. There are many education resources online including full university classes. Have you used
the internet to learn? Give an example if you can.
13. Some people feel the education style of schools damages originality and creativity. What do
you think?
14. How do you feel about tests and examinations? Are they necessary?
15. What's your learning style? Do you learn best by listening, reading, doing things, or by some
other method?
16. Do you prefer to spend time with people of a similar level of education to yourself? Why or
why not?