Common Job Interview Questions
Common job interview questions that are frequently asked
Study the interview questions and prepare your answers beforehand.
Tell me about yourself
What are your strengths?
What are your weaknesses?
Why should we offer you this position?
Why are you the best person for the job?
What kind of decision do you find difficult?
What do your staff/colleagues/superiors think about you?
Why do you want to leave your current employer?
In terms of your career, what would you like to be doing in five years time?
What do you like most about your current job?
What do you like least about your current job?
Describe a difficult situation and how you dealt with it?
What kind of people do you find difficult to work with and why?
What do you consider to be your greatest achievement in your career to date?
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?
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