Questions mostly asked in an interview

The objective of these questions is to give you an overview of some of the questions you can expect during your interview and to help you prepare and get into the right frame of mind.

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?