Common interview questions

It include 60 most common job interview questions as follows:

1. Common general questions

• Tell me a little about yourself.
• Why should I hire you?
• How do you define success?
• Where would you like to be in five years? Ten years?
• Describe your personality.
• What past accomplishments have given you satisfaction? Why?
• What made you choose to apply to this position?
• Why do you want to leave your current position?

2. Common last job questions

• Why did you leave your last job?
• Tell me about your last position and what you did?
• If you don’t leave your current job, what will happen there? How far can you advance?
• What did/do you enjoy most/least about your last/p resent job?

3. Common new job questions

• What are you looking for in a job?
• What kind of people do you like to work with?
• What type of work environment do you prefer?
• Do you have any questions for me?
• What do you know about this position?
• What do you know about this company?
• Explain why you are qualified for this job.
• Are you looking for a permanent or temporary job? Why?

4. Common experience questions

• How would you define a great work environment?
• Have you ever worked for a difficult person?
• Have you mostly worked alone or in groups?
• How many projects can you handle at one time?
• What was your workload in your current/last position?
• What are some things you find difficult to do on the job? Why?

5. Common education questions

• What tertiary qualifications have you attained?
• What if (if any) self improvement courses have you attended?
• What certificates have you attained?
• What is the most recent skill you have learned?
• What have you learned from your past jobs?

6. Common competencies questions

• What are your strengths?
• What is your weakness?

7. Common behavioral questions

• How do you work with new people?
• We have a problem with “______”. How would you handle this problem?
• Are you a persistent person? Give me an example of this, if so.
• Where do you stand with your former employer?
• Explain a difficult situation in which you were involved and how you handled it.

8. Common stressful questions

• How long have you been looking for a new job? Why?
• How long would you stay with us?
• Have you ever had problems getting along with others?
• What can I tell you about my organization?
• What can you bring to the table that someone else could not?
• What outside interests do you pursue?
• Do you have any reservations about the job of the company?

9. Common goal setting questions

• What (exactly) do you want to achieve?
• Who needs to be involved in this goal process in order to accomplish it successfully?
• Why invest time and energy into this goal?
• Why would this goal relate to purpose, vision, or organizational values?
• Who possesses the skills and talent necessary to meet the goal or do we need to train?

10. Common management skills questions

• How do you handle a subordinate whose work is not up to expectations?
• How do you coach a subordinate to develop a new skill?
• What have you done to develop the skills of your staff?
• When do you give positive feedback to people? Tell me about the last time you did?
• Give an example of how you handle the need for constructive criticism with a subordinate or peer?

11. Common conflict resolution questions

• What Is conflict resolution?
• Tell me about a situation when you were given job instructions and you were unable to comprehend the instructions. How did you go about completing the task?
• What types of disputes can be addressed through conflict resolution?

12. Wage negotiation

• What kind of salary do you need?

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6 Responses to “Common interview questions”

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yoganandam January 22nd, 2011 at 2:42 am

I want below questions answers

2. . How to control purchasing price?
3. 2. Tel me what are steps of purchasing process?
4. 3. What are the characteristics of an effective RFP?
5. 4. What impact might electronic commerce have on the purchasing process?
6. 5. How would you integrate electronic commerce with our supply chain management?
7. 6. Tell us about the tools that can be used to increase minority and women-owned business participation in our company’s purchasing activities?
8. 7. What are ways that materials may be purchased?
9. 8. What items of information are required in order to process a purchase requisition?
10. 9. What are the pros and cons of a centralized purchasing function?
11. 10. Tell us about your experience in developing RFQ’s (Request for Qualifications)?
12. 11. What are the benefits of using credit cards for small purchases?
13. 12. Define “supply chain”?
14. 13. Tell us about your experience in managing the supply chain?
15. 14. Under what criteria is a formal bid required?
16. 15. Have you worked with developing bid specifications?
17. 16. Tell us about your experience in developing RFP’s (Request for Proposal)
18. 17. Tell us about your experience in developing RFI’s (Request for Information)

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