Religion, politics, sexuality
Job Interview Questions
Reference your own personal background.
• Avoid providing highly personal/emotional responses.
• Avoid using examples that may not align with the interviewer’s values (religion, politics, sexuality, etc.).
• Each answer should be about three to five sentences long.
Communications Skills:
Answer two questions from this section:
• Describe a time when you had to convince someone else to do something.
• Describe a time when you had to explain a difficult concept to someone who couldn’t understand it.
• Tell me about a time when you had to deal with someone who didn’t like you.
• Describe the best oral presentation that you have ever done
Self Confidence:
Answer two questions from this section:
• What do you consider your most significant accomplishment and why?
• Describe your progress in your last position.
• Explain how your responsibilities changed during your last position.
• Describe the most successful group that you have worked with. What made the group successful? What was your role in the group?
• What is your greatest strength? What is your greatest weakness?
Problem Solving Ability:
Answer two questions from this section:
• Describe the most significant problem you faced in your last job/at school and explain how you solved it.
• Describe the last time you had to deal with a customer who had a problem. What was the problem and how did you solve it?
• Describe a difficult situation you faced and explain how you dealt with it.
• Tell me about a time when you went above the call of duty to satisfy a customer.
Positive Attitude/Maturity:
Answer two questions from this section:
• What was your greatest disappointment and how did you handle it?
• Describe a difficult decision that you had to make. What made it difficult?
• Have you ever been asked to cover up another employee’s mistakes? What did you do and why?
• Tell about a suggestion you made that was rejected.
• Describe the worst mistake you made on the job. What steps did you take to correct it?