POSSIBLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
 
1.
Tell me about yourself.
2. Why did you select your major, and how does it fit with your career goals?
3. Which of your accomplishments have made you the most proud?
4.

What’s your greatest strength?

5.

What’s your greatest weakness?

6.

Where do you see your self five years from now?

7.

Why do you want to work here?

8.

Why should we hire you?

9.

What three words best describe you?

10.

Tell me about a time when you recognized a potential problem as an opportunity. What did you do?

11.

Give me an example of a situation in which your ethics were challenged.  How did you handle it?

12.

Tell me about a time when you were participating on a team project and somebody dropped the ball. 

What did you do to help the team finish the project in time?

13.

Describe a specific problem you solved for an employer or professor.  How did you approach the problem?

What role did others play? What was the outcome?

14.

Tell me about a time when you failed to meet a deadline.  What things did you fail to do? What were the repercussions?

What did you learn?

15.

Describe a situation in which you got people who don’t like each other to work together.  How did you do it?

What was the outcome?

   
   
 
TIPS FOR INTERVIEWS
 

Do your research

Practice
Be Prepared
Dress like a professional

Be prompt

Act like a professional

Express yourself clearly

Be honest

Be assertive

Follow up


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