Sample Interview Questions


Do you have a favorite interview question? We find that many hiring managers have a favorite group of questions, tailored to fit the position they are hiring for. Below are more than 30 good questions that may fit for your next position. Print them out and highlight the questions you would like to ask in your next interview.

• What motivates you to put forth your greatest effort?
• What are your career and lifestyle objectives?
• If you could start again, what would you do differently?
• Describe your personality.
• What have you learned from your mistakes?
• What does success mean to you?
• How do you make important decisions?
• What is your single most noteworthy achievement or accomplishment in your present (or former) job?
• What is the most interesting project you have worked on in your career?
• If you could make changes in your last job, what would they be?
• What were some of your favorite things about your last job?
• Why are you seeking to change jobs?
• What are your greatest strengths?
• What are your greatest weaknesses?
• How do you approach problem solving?
• What do you know about our company?
• Knowing what you know about this job & our company, what changes would you make if you were offered this position?
• Why should I hire you?
• What do you think it takes for a person to be successful in (fill in the specialty)?
• What risks did you take in your last few jobs, and what was the result of having taken those risks?
• What is your management style?
• What do you look for when you hire people?
• How do you motivate people?
• What do your subordinates think of you?
• How do you handle conflict with a colleague? A subordinate? Your boss?
• How does your company measure performance?
• What types of situations put you under pressure, and how do you deal with pressure?
• What are the most important rewards you expect in your career?
• What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?
• If you were hiring a person for this position, what qualities would you seek?
• If you wrote your own job description, what would you look for?
• What characteristics are most important in a good manager? How have you displayed one of them?
• Tell me about the people you hired in your last job, how long they stay with you, and how did they work out?

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