Preparing for an interview leads to good results.  Below are fifty common interview questions.  Read the sample questions carefully and use your skills and techniques to formulate answers for them.  It is not enough to think about the answers in your head.  Write down the answers and rehearse them in a mock interview (with a friend or a relative).  Don’t let the actual interview be the first time you hear these questions.  This will help you prepare for the interview. 
 
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Questions 1 to 30 deal with your qualifications, career goals and personal attributes

1.       Tell me about yourself.

2.       What do you want to do with your life?

3.       Do you have any actual work experience?

4.       How would you describe your ideal job?

5.       Why did you choose this career?

6.       When did you decide on this career?

7.       What are your career goals?

8.       How do you plan to achieve these goals?

9.       How do you evaluate success?

10.   Describe a situation in which you were successful.

11.   What do you think it takes to be successful in this career?

12.   What were the most significant accomplishments in your career?

13.   If you had to live your life over again, what would you change?

14.   Would your rather work with information or with people?

15.   Are you a team player?

16.   What motivates you?


17.   Why should we hire you? What can you do for us that someone else can not?

18.   Are you a goal-oriented person?

19.   Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them.

20.   What are your short-term goals?

21.   What is your long-range objective?

22.   What do you see yourself doing five years from now?

23.   Where do you want to be ten years from now?

24.   Do you handle conflict well?

25.   Have you ever had a conflict with a boss or professor? How did you resolve it?

26.   What major problem have you had to deal with recently?

27.   Do you handle pressure well? Can you meet tight deadlines?

28.   What is your greatest strength?

29.   What is your greatest weakness?

30.   If I were to ask one of your professors or colleagues to describe you, what would he or she say? How would you describe yourself?
 

Questions 31 to 38 deal with your Education

 

31.    Why did you choose to attend your college?

32.    What changes would you make at your college?

33.    How has your education prepared you for your career?

34.    What were your favorite classes? Why?

35.    Do you enjoy doing independent research?

36.    Who were your favorite professors? Why?

37.    How did you do in school? Why is your GPA not higher?

38.    Do you have any plans for further education?
 

Questions 39 to 50 are company related
 

39.    How much training do you think you'll need to become a productive employee?

40.    What qualities do you feel a successful manager should have?

41.    Why do you want to work in this industry?

42.    What do you know about our company?

43.    Why are you interested in our company?

44.    Do you have any location preferences?

45.    How familiar are you with the community that we're located in?

46.    Will you relocate? In the future?

47.    Are you willing to travel? How much?

48.   Is money important to you?

49.   How much money do you need to make to be happy?

50.    What kind of salary are you looking for?
 

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