While there are as many different possible interview questions as there are interviewers, it always helps to be ready for anything. So we've prepared a list of 50 potential interview questions.
Will you face them all? We pray no interviewer would be that cruel. Will you face a few? Probably. Will you be well-served by being ready even if you're not asked these exact questions? Absolutely.
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What are your strengths?
3. What are your weaknesses?
4. Who was your favorite manager and why?
5. What kind of personality do you work best with and why?
6. Why do you want this job?
7. Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
8. Tell me about your proudest achievement.
9. 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?
10. 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?
11. How would you go about establishing your credibility quickly with the team?
12. There's no right or wrong answer, but if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?
13. How would you feel about working for someone who knows less than you?
14. Was there a person in your career who really made a difference?
15. What's your ideal company?
16. What attracted you to this company?
17. What are you most proud of?
18. What are you looking for in terms of career development?
19. What do you look for in terms of culture -- structured or entrepreneurial?
20. What do you like to do?
21. Give examples of ideas you've had or implemented.
22. What are your lifelong dreams?
23. What do you ultimately want to become?
24. How would you describe your work style?
25. Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.
26. What's the last book you read?
27. What magazines do you subscribe to?
28. What would be your ideal working situation?
29. Why should we hire you?
30. What did you like least about your last job?
31. Do you have any questions for me?
32. When were you most satisfied with your job?
33. What can you do for us that other candidates can't?
34. What are three positive things your last boss would say about you?
35. What negative thing would your last boss say about you?
36. What salary are you seeking?
37. What's your salary history?
38. Do you have plans to have children in the near future?
39. What were the responsibilities of your last position?
40. What do you know about this industry?
41. What do you know about our company?
42. How long will it take for you to make a significant contribution?
43. Are you willing to relocate?
44. What was the last project you headed up, and what was its outcome?
45. What kind of goals would you have in mind if you got this job?
46. Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.
47. Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?
48. Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?
49. Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?
50. What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?
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