Basic Interview Questions:

v Tell me about yourself.

v What are your strengths?

v What are your weaknesses?

v What are your strong points and weak points? (merits and demerits/strength and weakness/pros and cons/advantages and disadvantages )

v Why are you leaving your present job?

v When were you most satisfied in your job?

v Describe a typical day in your job?

v What were the responsibilities of your last position?

v How would your bosses or colleagues describe you?

v Please describe your last (or present ) supervisor’s management style.

v How do you get along with superiors?

v How do you handle your work pressure?

v What did you like least about your last job?/What are your pet peeves?

v What's your ideal company?/What’s your dream job?

v What do you know about this industry?

v What do you know about our company?

v Why do you want this job?/Why do you want to work for us?/What attracted you to this company?

v Why should we hire you?/What makes you think you are qualified for this position?/why do you feel about you are qualified for this job?/What can you bring to our company?/What can you do for us that other candidates can't?

v What contribution did you make to your current (previous)corporate?

v Please share your opinion about our industry and technology development trend.

v How would you go about establishing your credibility quickly with the team?

v What other companies are you interviewing with?

Behavioral Interview Questions:

v What was the last project you led, and what was its outcome?

v What have you learned from your previous jobs?(What is the most important thing you learned from your previous experience that you will bring to this job?)

v Tell me about a team project of which you are particularly proud and your specific contribution?

v Tell me about a challenge or conflict you’ve faced at work,and how you dealt with it?

v What’s your biggest work achievement ?

v Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.

v Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?

v Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?

v Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?

v What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?

v How do you handle working with people who annoy you?

v If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?

v What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?

v Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?

v Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflict on the job.

v What assignment was too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue?

v What's the most difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to that decision?

v Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.

Salary Questions:

v What salary are you seeking?/What kind of salary do you expect?/What's your salary expectation?

v What's your salary history?

Career Development Questions:

v Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?

v What’s your career plan?

v What are you looking for in terms of career development?

v How do you want to improve yourself in the next year?

v What kind of goals would you have in mind if you got this job?

v Are you willing to relocate?

v Do you have any questions for me?

Getting Started Questions:

v How long will it take for you to make a significant contribution?

v How would you go about establishing your credibility quickly with the team?

v What do you see yourself doing within the first 30 days of this job?

v If selected for this position, can you describe your strategy for the first 90 days?

More Questions About You:

v How would you describe your work style?

v What would be your ideal working environment?

v Give examples of ideas you've had or implemented.

v What techniques and tools do you use to keep yourself organized?

v If you had to choose one, would you consider yourself a big-picture person or a detail-oriented person?

v Tell me about your proudest achievement.

v Who was your favorite manager and why?

v What do you think of your previous boss?

v Was there a person in your career who really made a difference?

v What kind of personality do you work best with and why?

v What are you most proud of?

v What do you like to do?

v What are your lifelong dreams?

v What do you ultimately want to become?

v What is your personal mission statement?

v What are three positive things your last boss would say about you?

v What negative thing would your last boss say about you?

v What three character traits would your friends use to describe you?

v What are three positive character traits you don't have?

v If you were interviewing someone for this position, what traits would you look for?

v List five words that describe your character.

v Who has impacted you most in your career and how?

v What is your greatest fear?

v What is your biggest regret and why?

v What's the most important thing you learned in school?

v Why did you choose your major?

v What will you miss about your present/last job?

v What is your greatest achievement outside of work?

v What are the qualities of a good leader? A bad leader?

v Do you think a leader should be feared or liked?

v How would you feel about working for someone who knows less than you?

v How do you think I rate as an interviewer?

v Tell me one thing about yourself you wouldn't want me to know.

v Tell me the difference between good and exceptional.

v What's the best movie you've seen in the last year?

v What do you like to do for fun?/What do you do in your spare time?

v Do you have any questions for us?