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As an employer, did you ever face the difficulty of selecting the right candidate?
By preparing a relevant list of interview questions based on the job requirements, you can
find out more specific and relevant information about your candidates to help you make
your selection decision.
We have prepared a list of interview questions below to help you in your interview
preparation.
- Behavioral
- Career Goals
- Education
- Skills & Abilities
- Management/Supervisory
- Motivation
- Salary & Benefits
- Self Assessment
- Team Work
- Work History & Experience
- Reference Check Questions
Behavioural
This section helps you to assess a candidates behavioural traits by posing questions
that test the candidates ability to interact with superiors, peers and subordinates.
You should be looking at traits such as:
Critical thinking
Self-confidence
Adaptability
Willingness to learn
Professionalism
Risk taking
Courteous
Time management
What has given you the greatest sense of achievement at work? Why?
How will you handle a situation that requires you to do a number of things at the same time?
Can you describe some examples of work which frustrate you?
Would you clearly voice your opinion if you disagreed with the views of your boss or supervisor?
How do you handle conflict?
How would you describe your leadership style?
What is the greatest risk that you've taken?
Describe the biggest challenge you've had in your last job and how did you handle it.
Give me an example of a time when you set a goal and were able to meet or achieve it.
Give me an example of a time when you motivated others.
Tell me about a difficult decision that you've made in the last year.
Tell me about a time when you worked effectively under pressure.
Tell me about a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in getting a job done.
Tell me about a team project when you had to take the lead or take charge of the project? What did you do?
How did you do it? What was the result?
Career Goals
When you set out to employ a person, you would want to know whether the
candidates goals are in sync with that of the company. These traits should be
important:
Dedication
Involvement
Ambition
Loyalty
Interest in self
development
What are the good and worst things you have heard about our company?
What do you wish to gain from our company?
Why do you think you would be good at this profession?
What is your long-term employment or career objective?
What career options do you have at the moment?
What would you most like to accomplish if you had this job?
If you could start your career again, what would you do differently?
How would you describe the essence of success? How successful have you been so far?
What kind of books & publications do you read?
Education
A candidates present level of education may or may not have a bearing on his/her
Capability
Strengths
Interest in self
development
There are various types of skills that you consider in a candidate. The popular ones
are listed here, and your knowing how well the candidate possesses them will help
you decide his/her fit in your organisation.
Independence
Organisational skills
Leadership and
interpersonal skills
Creativity
Management/Supervisory
Questions such as these will help you determine whether a candidate possesses the
supervisory ability to lead his/her colleagues in achieving a given task. You will want
to gauge whether the candidate has the ambition to advance to a higher position
within the organisation too. These traits will come into play:
Leadership
Work standards
Flexibility
Confidence
Motivation
Motivation is a powerful force that accomplishes task. Has the candidate the hunger
for the job? You will want a person who is motivated beyond his/her normal call.
Traits such as these will be useful:
Ability to learn
Achievement of
personal
satisfaction
Range of interests
Initiative
Expectations
Self Assessment
Critical self assessment is difficult. Questions such as these will help you reveal more
about the candidate and how the candidate works to solve problems within and
without.
Range of interests
Team style
Intelligence
Learning style
Motivation
Decisiveness
Stress tolerance
Flexibility
Work standards
Team Work
No man is an island. You will need to work with people around you. What better
way is there to gauge whether a candidate is a team worker or not than to ask how
he/she deals with team work.
Delegation
Integrity
Problem solving
Motivation
Leadership
Interpersonal skills
Confidence
Knowledgeable
Responsibilities
Accomplishments
Job performance
Decision-making