Here are some typical questions you may be asked in an interview. You should prepare answers for your self accordingly. Always keep in mind you are going to market your self, as you are a product of a market, with lots of benefits and features, knowledge, skills, strengths, attributes and aptitudes etc. Specially at a time of interview you are selling your services against your skills and abilities. You should prepare your self in the manner so that a person or team sitting on the other side of the table gets the feeling that you are the right person who is not only fit for that job but is the real need for that organization.
Following are some main questions:
- Tell us about yourself.
- How would you describe your personality?
- Would you say you are a good manager? And Why?
- What is your management style?
- Why do you want to leave your present / last position?
- Why did you leave the other positions you have held?
- Why do you want to work for our company?
- What do you know about our company?
- What other companies are you / have you interviewing / interviewed with?
- How would you describe your present / last company?
- If you had your choice of a job in any company, what type of job and company would you choose?
- In your last position, what did you like most, and what did you dislike most? And Why?
- What would you say that what are your greatest strengths / weaknesses?
- If you could start your career over, what would you do differently?
- What did you like most about your last boss?
- What are your short/long-range goals?
- Where do you want to be in next 5 to 10 years?
- What would you say about the five biggest accomplishments in your career/life? Why?
- How do you get along with your co-workers?
- How would you benefit our company the most?
- Do you know anyone working for our company?
- How well do you know this industry? What do you know about our industry?
- Have you hired anyone? Have you trained anyone? Have you managed/supervised anyone?
- What are you looking for in a company?
- What are some challenges that you have successfully met? How?
- How do you spend your spare time? What are your hobbies?
- How did you get your previous positions?
- What did you learn most from your previous position?
- Why did you choose this particular field of work?
- What do you think determines a person's progress in a company? How do you meet these criteria?
- Do you prefer working by yourself or with others?
- How you define satisfaction?
- How you express Quality of work life?
- What makes you feel successful? Can you define success?
- How do you take criticism/instruction?
- How would people who know you describe you? Even your worst enemy describes you?
- Tell me about a failure and how you handled it.
- How you define Situational Analysis? Are you good in it?
- How do you approach a problem?
- How do you handle complaints?
- What do you offer this company?
- Why should we hire you?
- What are you looking for in your next position?
Regards
~Khawaja Imran
