Commonly Asked Questions

Here are 25 popular interview questions that may be asked:

1. What do you know about our company?
2. What qualities will you bring to our company?
3. What five adjectives would best describe you?
4. What are your career goals for the next five years?
5. Tell me about a situation where you made a decision that others did not agree with but you stuck with your decision?
6. Do you usually make decisions based on intuition or fact?
7. Do you feel you are fast, slow or moderate in adapting to new situations?
8. What makes you a good team member?
9. Give an example of a work related problem: you once had and how you went about solving it?
10. In school what subjects did you excel at and which subjects gave you trouble?
11. What are some of your faults and weaknesses, and how do you plan on improving them?
12. Do you work well in pressure situations and when having to meet deadlines?
13. Could you have improved on the marks you received in high school? Why or why not?
14. Would you rather initiate many projects or start and finish fewer projects?
15. What are some of your strengths?
16. How does your education equip you for this job?
17. Are you an organized person? If so, what makes you so well organized? If not, what do you need to do to improve your organizational skills?
18. Rate your creativity on a scale from 1-10? Explain.
19. Give an example from the past where you reached a goal that was extremely important to you?
20. During school did you participate in any extra curricular activities? Why or Why not?
21. If one of your employees was constantly late or absent, how would you deal with him or her?
22. What situations (if any) tend to frustrate you?
23. What are some of your interests outside of work hours?
24. Do you have any references?
25. Are there any questions you have for us?