Interview Questions and inquiries

General questions and inquiries

Tell me about yourself.
Why are you interested in this position?
What is your greatest strength and weakness and how will these affect your performance?
Have you ever been put on the spot by a professor or supervisor when you have felt unsure of yourself? How did you respond?
Have you ever received a grade lower than you expected? If so, what did you do about it?
How do you go about influencing someone to accept your ideas?
What experience have you had in making oral presentations? How do you rate your skills in this area?
How do you keep up to date with developments in your field?
What recent developments in your field interest you?
Describe your relationship with co-workers?
Describe your best and worst supervisors.
What do you consider to be your most significant accomplishment and why?
Has competition had any positive or negative impact on your accomplishments?
What are the most important characteristics you are looking for in a job and why?
How do you think our company/organization determines success?
Tell me about a difficult professional situation you had to manage.
What is the most intellectually challenging thing you have ever done?
How did you determine your career choice?
What are some of the most creative things you have done?
If you could construct your own job within our organization, what factors would you include?
In what ways have you been a leader?
In your adult life, what accomplishment has given you the most
satisfaction?
What have been your greatest disappointments and how have you responded?
What are the most important rewards you expect from a job?
What do you think it means to be a professional?
How did you prepare for this interview?
What is your personal and professional five year goal?
How would you go about creating a plan for your unit or department if you were in charge?
What do you do when you know you're right and others disagree with you?
Do you feel qualified to be successful in your position? And if you don't, what will you do to compensate for your deficiencies?
How well do you work under pressure?
What have you learned from your mistakes?
Walk me through a situation in which you had to do research and
analyze the results for one of your classes.
What motivates you to strive for excellence?
Tell me about a time when you tried very hard and failed.
How do you like to be supervised?


Behavioral-based interview questions

Tell me about a project you have managed. How have you kept track of and monitored its progress?
Conflict on the job in inevitable. Tell me about a time when you successfully dissipated the conflict by seeking solutions from others.
Describe a time when you had to ask questions and listen carefully to clarify the exact nature of an internal/external customer’s problem.
Tell me about the most diverse group to whom you have made a presentation. What difficulties did you encounter? What did you do?
Change is often difficult for people. What steps have you taken to overcome resistance to change? Give a specific example.
Tell me about a specific project you were working on where the specifications changed but the deadline did not.
Give me an example of how you have worked collaboratively with others to meet a common goal.
Tell of a time when you worked with a colleague who was not completing his or her share of the work. Who, if anyone, did you tell or talk to about it? Did the manager take any steps to correct your colleague? Did you agree or disagree with the manager's actions
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