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II. General Interview Technique

A. Common Interview Questions
Ask yourself these questions before you go in to an interview:
1. How will you know when you have become a success?
2. How will you describe yourself with three adjectives?
3. How will your subordinates describe you with three adjectives?
4. What need do you expect to satisfy by accepting this position?
5. If you encountered serious difficulties in this job, what will they be?
6. If you had a choice, will you rather draw up plans or implement them?
7. State three situations in which you did not succeed? Why ?
8. When you fire someone what will be you key objective?
9. What would you do if you detected a peer falsifying an expense report?
10. We all tell the occasional white lies? Give me three examples from your own
professional experience?
11. Describe the best / worst boss you ever had
12. What type of people frustrate you most? Why?
13. What must an organisation provide in order for you to give your best?
14. What are the three proudest achievements of your life?
15. What are the two characteristics you feel you can improve upon?
16. Why have you chosen this profession?
17. What, in your mind, are the key qualities required for this job?
18. Why MBA? Why LBS?
19. Why this firm?
20. How do you think this industry is structured?
21. How do you think this firm compares against our main competitors?
22. Where do you see yourself in the next five / ten / fifteen years?

Typical Stress Questions - designed to test you under pressure

1. What do you have to offer to this firm? Why should we hire you?
2. Who else have you interviewed with? How have you fared?
3. If given an offer, how will you decide to accept it or reject it?
4. How do you respond to working under pressure? Give three examples in your
experience where you were under a lot of pressure.
5. What is your philosophy of management?
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6. Do you prefer staff or line work?

7. What salary are you worth? Why?
8. How long will it take you to make a contribution to the company?
9. How long will you stay with us?
10. How do you rate yourself as a manager?
11. What new goals have you established recently? Why?
12. Have you received any job offers yet?
13. What features in your previous jobs have you liked? Disliked?
14. Describe a situation where your work was criticised.
15. Describe the essence of success.
16. What was the last book you read?
17. What interests you about this position?
18. Dont you feel you will be better off in a different sized organisation?
19. What other career alternatives have you considered?
20. Will you be out to take your bosses job?
21. Describe your personality.
22. Have you helped to increase profits, reduce costs, increase customer base, in your last
job?
23. Have you hired people before? What would you look for?
24. We do drug screening at the flyback? Got any problem with that?

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Game Plan of the Interview Process

Pre Interview:

Preparation: your competitive advantage

Recruiters main complaint: Candidate unprepared

Read the reviews, the annual report, ABI inform search, CMCs database on
past students work experiences.

Post Interview

Strive for more than one offer in your time frame

Clarify the total package

Get the offer in writing

Assess offer, accept one, decline others

Inform other employers and the CMC

Content of the interview

Know the key ingredients for success in this field and persuade how you just
happen to have them.

Know your basic theme - develop it - rehearse it!

Any questions should be answered with a variation or an adaptation of this

theme

The interviewer must end up with a picture of how well you fit the job

Listen to the complete question, and answer the question behind the question

Answer concisely - watch for reactions

Expand or elaborate where indicated

Style