- Tell me about yourself.
- Who or what has had the greatest influence on the development of your career interests?
- How have your educational and work experiences prepared you for this position?
- What factors did you consider in choosing your major?
- Why are you interested in our organization?
- What kind of work do you want to do?
- What is your GPA? Does your GPA reflect your ability?
- What goals have you set for yourself?
- How do you plan to achieve your goals?
- Tell me how you perceive your strengths? Weaknesses?
- How do you evaluate yourself?
- What work experience has been the most valuable to you and why?
- What has been your greatest challenge?
- What were the biggest problems you encountered in college? How have you handled them? What did you learn from them?
- How do you think you have changed personally since you started college?
- Why did you choose the extracurricular activities that you did? What did you gain? What did you contribute?
- What was the most useful criticism you received and who was it from?
- Tell me about a project you initiated.
- How do you solve conflicts?
- Give me an example of a problem you solved and the process you used.
- Describe the project or situation that best demonstrates your analytical skills.
- What one academic course did you have that had the greatest impact on you and why?
- Give examples of your “team player” qualities.
- Take me through a project where you demonstrated planning skills.
- How do you motivate people?
- What types of situations put you under pressure and how do you deal with the pressure?
- Tell me about a difficult decision you have made.
- Give an example of a situation in which you failed and how you handled it.
- Tell me about a situation when you had to persuade another person to see your point of view.
- What frustrates you the most?
- What interests or concerns you about the position or company?
- Give me a specific example of your work or learning in a multicultural setting and what impact did the experience have on you?
- What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction?
- Describe a situation where you had a conflict with another individual, and how you dealt with it.
- Describe your leadership style.
- In a particular leadership role, what was the greatest challenge?
- What characteristics do you think are important for this position?
- What can you contribute to our organization?
- What challenges are you looking for in a position?
- How are you conducting your job search and how will you make your decision?
- What are your expectations of your future employer?
- What two or three things are most important to you in a position?
- What do we need to know about you that has not been covered?
- Why should we hire you?
