Basic Interview Question

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Basic Interview Questions

• Question: Tell me about yourself.

• Q: What have your achievements been to date?

• Q: Are you happy with your career-to-date?

• Q: What is the most difficult situation you have had to face and how did you tackle it?

• Q: What do you like about your present job?

• Q: What do you dislike about your present job?

• Q: What are your strengths?

• Q: What is your greatest weakness?

• Q: Why do you want to leave your current employer?

• Q: Why have you applied for this particular job?

• How does your job fit in to your department and company?

• What do you enjoy about this industry?

• Give an example of when you have worked under pressure.

• What kinds of people do you like working with?

• Give me an example of when your work was criticised.

• Give me an example of when you have felt anger at work. How did you cope and did you still perform a good job?

• What kind of people do you find it difficult to work with?

• Give me an example of when you have had to face a conflict of interest at work.

• Tell me about the last time you disagreed with your boss.

• Give me an example of when you haven’t got on with others.

• Do you prefer to work alone or in a group? Why?

• This organisation is very different to your current employer – how do you think you are going to fit in?

• What are you looking for in a company?

• How do you measure your own performance?

• What kind of pressures have you encountered at work?

• Are you a self-starter? Give me examples to demonstrate this?

• What changes in the workplace have caused you difficulty and why?

• How do you feel about working long hours and/or weekends?

• Give me an example of when you have been out of your depth.

• What have you failed to achieve to date?

• What can you bring to this organisation?