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Typical Interview Questions

This document lists 70 common interview questions that assess a job candidate's qualifications, work experience, personality, and interests. The questions range from typical questions about the applicant's background and career goals to more unique questions intended to gauge the applicant's reaction in various situations. Sample questions include telling about one's strengths and weaknesses, why the applicant wants the job, how they would handle criticism or an unreasonable boss, and what interests and accomplishments they are most proud of.

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Typical Interview Questions

This document lists 70 common interview questions that assess a job candidate's qualifications, work experience, personality, and interests. The questions range from typical questions about the applicant's background and career goals to more unique questions intended to gauge the applicant's reaction in various situations. Sample questions include telling about one's strengths and weaknesses, why the applicant wants the job, how they would handle criticism or an unreasonable boss, and what interests and accomplishments they are most proud of.

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Typical Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself.


2. What are your greatest strengths?
3. What are your greatest weaknesses?
4. Tell me about something you did –or failed to do – that you now feel a little ashamed of?
5. Why should I hire you?
6. Aren’t you under qualified/overqualified for this position?
7. Where do you see yourself five years from now?
8. Describe your ideal company, location and job.
9. Why do you want to work at our company?
10. What are your career options right now?
11. Tell me honestly about the strong points and weak points of your previous
boss/company/management team etc.
12. What good books have you read lately?
13. Tell me honestly about a situation when your work was criticized.
14. What are your co-curricular interests?
15. How do you feel about reporting to a younger person/women/trans-sexual?
16. What would you say to your boss if he’s crazy about an idea, But you think it stinks?
17. How could you have improved your career progress?
18. What would you do if a fellow executive at your own corporate level wasn’t pulling his/her
weight, and this was hurting your department?
19. Where could you use some improvement?
20. What do you often worry about?
21. I’m concerned that you don’t have as much experience as we’d like in.
22. How do you feel about working nights and weekends?
23. Are you willing to relocate or travel?
24. Do you have the stomach to fire people? Have you had experience firing many people?
25. What do you see as the proper role/mission of: a good job, a good manager, an executive in
serving the community, a leading company in our industry?
26. Would you lie for the company?
27. Looking back, what could you have done differently in your life?
28. Describe a situation where you suffered from external conditions beyond your control?
29. What makes you angry?
30. How many hours a week does you normally work?
31. What’s the most difficult part of being a (job title)?
32. What was the toughest challenge you’ve ever faced?
33. Have you considered starting your own business?
34. Can you work under pressure? Give examples from your past.
35. What are your self development goals?
36. Sell me the stapler/this pencil/this clock/ or some other object on the interviewer’s desk.
37. ‘The salary Question’ – How much money do you want?
38. ‘The opinion question’ – What do you think about Abortion/Euthanasia/The presidential
elections/The death penalty/any other controversial subject?
39. If you won a $ 10 million lottery, would you still work?
40. Tell me something negative you’ve heard about our company.
41. On a scale of one to ten, rate me as an interviewer.
42. What do you know about our organization?
43. According to your definition of success, how successful have you been so far?
44. How would you describe your personality?
45. How long would it take you to make a meaningful contribution to our firm?
46. How long would you stay with us?
47. If you have never supervised, how do you feel about assuming those responsibilities?
48. Describe what you think would be an ideal working environment.
49. What kinds of people do you find difficult to work with?
50. Why do you want to work in a company of this size?
51. What are you doing, or what have you done to reach your career objectives?
52. Tell me of a few recent newspaper headlines. Analyse some of these news items.
53. Why did you pursue your MBA/B.Tech degree?
54. Why do you think we could reject you?
55. If you were to start your own company, in which field would it be?
56. How would your friends describe you?
57. What do you want to ask us about our company?
58. How would your girlfriend / boyfriend describe you?
59. What are your views on marriage?
60. What does leadership mean to you?
61. What has been your biggest accomplishment in life?
62. Who are your role models in life?
63. If you were to be born as an animal/bird, which one would it be?
64. Do you think women make better managers than men?
65. How important is money to you?
66. When did you last cry?
67. If you were given just one day to live, how would you spend it?
68. What do you think about India’s future – next 20 years?
69. What are you proud of in yourself?
70. What interests you most in life?

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