Employer Interview Questions
- How do you handle criticism?
- Why did you choose a career in??
- What are some of the things that bother you?
- What would you like to avoid in your next job?
- What did you do in your last job to increase value?
- What management style gets the best results out of you?
- If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?
- How ambitious are you? Would you compete for my job?
- What did you think of your previous manager/supervisor?
- Do you consider yourself successful in your career to date?
- Did you feel you advanced and progressed in your last job?
- What interests you about our company, product or service?
- Do you prefer to work in a small, medium or large company?
- What do you like and dislike about the job we are discussing?
- If you had the option, would you change your college career?
- Why do you want to work for us and not for our competitor?
- What has been your biggest failure in your professional career?
- How do you go about deciding what to do first when given a project?
- You have not done this sort of job before. How will you cope/succeed?
- What are the most important rewards you expect in your business career?
- What did you learn from your education that will help you in your career?
- What do you think is the most important dilemma facing our business today?
- Do you need other people around to stimulate you or are you self-motivated?
- How can our company offer you what your previous company could not offer?
- Have you represented your college or university for any sports or art competitions?
- What was your greatest success in your professional career? How did you achieve it?
- How much does your last job resemble the one you are applying for? What are the differences?
- How long do you think it would take before you were making a significant contribution to our business?
- Explain the organizational structure and hierarchy in your last company and how you fitted into it. Did this suit you?
- Why did you decide to join your previous company? Did the job live up to your expectations? Why are you leaving now?
- How did you get on with your previous manager, supervisor, co-workers and subordinates? What will your referees say about you?