Remember, these responses are only suggestions. Try to personalize your response as much as possible.
- Tell me about yourself?
- What do you think of your previous boss?
- Why are you leaving your current role?
- What did you like or dislike about your previous job?
- Why were you fired?
- Where do you see yourself?
- What risks did you take in your last position?
- What are your long term career goals?
- Why have you decided to leave your current position?
- Why didn’t you finish college?
- What have you learned from your mistakes?
- What do you feel your weaknesses are?
- Do you prefer working with others or alone?
- How would you describe the pace at which you work?
- Are you the best person for this job? Why?
- Have you gotten angry at work? What happened?
- Can you work under pressure?
- What have been the biggest failures and frustrations in your career?
- Why are you interested in this job? What do you know about our company?
- How do you handle pressure?
- How do you take direction?
- Did you ever have a boss that you did not like or get along with?
- What was your favorite job and why did you like it?
- What was a major obstacle you were able to overcome in the past year?
- How do you measure success?
- What are some of the things that you and your supervisor have disagreed about?
- Give me an example of a project that didn’t work out well?
- What can you contribute to this company?
- Tell me about a time when you had to go above and beyond to get a job done.
- What are some things your current employer could do differently to be more successful?
- Do you have any questions?