These are the commonest questions. Practice your answers to these:

• Tell me about yourself?
• Why should we give you the job?
• What is your major achievement?
• What are you good at?
• What sort of person are you?
• What are your strengths?
• What are your weaknesses?
• How do you get things done?
• What do you do in your spare time?
• In what environment do you work best?
• How did you change the job?
• What motivates you?

Make sure that you have though about the following questions:

• If you could change your current/last job in any way how would you do it?
• If you could change your organisation job in any way how would you do it?
• How have you changed over the last five years?
• Describe a time when you felt you were doing well?
• Describe a time when you felt things were not going too well?
• How do you work in a team?
• What contribution do you make to a team?
• What would your colleagues say about you?
• How would your boss describe your work?
• Describe your ideal working environment?
• When were you most happy at work?......WHY?
• Describe a difficult situation and what you did about it?
• Who are you working best with just now? ..... WHY?
• Who are you finding it difficult to work with right now?.... WHY?
• Describe how you typically approach a project?
• Given a choice in your work what do you like to do first?
• On holiday what do you miss most about your work?
• Given a choice, what would you leave till last in your work?
• Where do you see yourself going in the next 5 years?
• Why did you leave XYZ co. ?
• Why are you dissatisfied with your present job?
• Why are you considering a move from your present company?
• Why have you stayed so long with one company?
• You seem to move from company to company very often?
• Why were you out of work for so long?
• Why were you made redundant?
• If we asked for a reference what would it say about you?
• What sort of salary are you expecting?
• What do you think is your market value?
• On a scale of 1-10 how important is your work to you?
• How did you get your last job?
• What did you learn in that job?
• Why were you transferred/promoted?
• Do you like to work in a team or on your own?
• What do you like best about your current/last job?
• What do/did you like best about your current/last employer?
• What did you learn from the XYZ Co approach?
• How did that job influence your career?
• If you did not have to work what would you do?
• Given the achievements in your CV why is your salary so low?
• How could your boss improve his/her management of you?
• What decisions do you find easy to make?
• What decisions do you find difficult to make?
• When do you plan to retire?
• What will you do in retirement?
• What training courses have you been on?
• On what do you spend your disposable income?
• How do you get the best out of people?
• Which of your jobs have given you the greatest satisfaction?
• How do you respond to stress ? >>>>> give an example?
• What sort of person are you socially?
• How did you get into this line of work?
• How do you manage your staff?
• What do you look for in a manager?
• What do you look for in a subordinate?
• How do you decide on your objectives?
• How do you manage your Day?
• What interests you most in your work?
• What have you read recently that has taken your interest?
• What sort of things do you like to delegate?
• How do you motivate others?
• What do you think you can bring to this position?
• What do you think you can bring to this company?
• How do you see this job developing?
• You do not seem to have much experience of...?
• You seem over/under qualified for this job?
• We prefer older/younger candidates. What will you do if you do not get this job?
• What other jobs have you applied for recently?
• What training have you had for this job?
• How does this job fit into your career plan?
• How long would you plan to stay with this company?
• On taking this job, what would be your major contribution?
• This job has a large component of....... How will you cope with that?
• What support/training will you need to do this job?
• What will you look forward to most in this job?
• In your view, what are the major problems/opportunities facing this co?
• What other irons do you have in the fire for your next job?
• What will be your key target in this job if we appoint you?
• What aspects of this job would you delegate?
• What makes you think you can be successful with us?
• What are the major influences that encourage you to take a job?
• How does the job sound to you?

 

Always have an answer for this question:
• What questions do you have for us?
Use what you know about the company to show that you have done your research.