Interview Questions
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Best Tips for Interview Success

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1) Prepare for the interview extensively: review your application, learn about the school/College/Job, and prepare answers for the typical questions

2) Practice answering questions aloud before the interview until you can handle all types of questions confidently

3) Walk into the interview with an air of confidence and professionalism. Offer a firm handshake and a professional demeanor

4) Listen carefully to the interviewer's questions and answer accordingly. Don't babble incessantly about a related topic or answer the question you wish he had asked

5) Be yourself. If your answers are ambiguous or inconsistent. Don't send out any unnecessary warning signs.

Your success will ultimately depend on your ability to sell yourself to the interviewer. (S)he is seeking the following traits:

MaturityCommunication SkillsHonestyMotivation
High Energy LevelConfidencePrideInitiative
Listening SkillsSense of HumorAnalytical SkillsLeadership Potential

Miscellaneous Interview Questions

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Miscellaneous Questions:

  1. Should the  government reinstate the death penalty? Explain.
  2. What do you expect to be doing 10 years from now?
  3. How would you attract physicians to rural areas?
  4. Why do you want to attend our B-school?
  5. What other  schools have you applied to?
  6. Have you prepared for this interview?
  7. Have you been to other interviews?
  8. If you could do anything different in your education, what would you do?
  9. Where else are you applying?
  10. Have you been accepted anywhere?
  11. What is your first choice of college? and why?

 

Personality-Oriented Interview Questions

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Personality-Oriented Questions

  1. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
  2. How would your friends describe you?
  3. What do you do with your spare time?
  4. What is the most important event that has occurred to you in the last five years?
  5. If you had three magical wishes, what would they be?
  6. What would you do on a perfect day?
  7. What are your best attributes?
  8. What is your greatest fault?

 

Interview Questions Related to Social Skills or Interests

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Questions Related to Social Skills or Interests:

  1. Give evidence that you relate well with others.
  2. Give an example of a leadership role you have assumed.
  3. Have you done any volunteer work?
  4. What would you do as Prime Minister of this country with respect to the persistent national debt?
  5. How would you address our country's constitutional crisis?
  6. What are the prospects for a lasting peace in South Africa? Eastern Europe? the former USSR? the Middle-East?
  7. What do you think of the free-trade agreement?
  8. Discuss your volunteer work.
  9. What are your strengths?
  10. What do you feel are the most important qualities in being a good doctor?
  11. What are your hobbies?
  12. Are you a leader or a follower? Why?
  13. Discuss a book that you recently read for pleasure. Why does this book interest you?
  14. What newspapers/journals do you read on a regular basis?
  15. Describe any travel you have undertaken and exposure to other cultures. What have you learned from these experiences?
  16. If you could invite three living persons to dinner on successive weeks, whom would you choose?
  17. What was the last movie you saw? What did you think of it?
  18. If you were stranded on an island, what three books would you have with you and why?
  19. What current events were reported on last night’s news?
  20. What person, past or present, would you most like to meet?
  21. If you could be any character in history, who would you be and why?
  22. What do you do in your spare time?

 

Academics-Interview Questions

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Questions Related to Academics:

  1. Why did you choose your present course of studies?
  2. What is your favorite subject in your present course of studies? Why?
  3. Would you consider a career in your present course of studies?
  4. Can you convince me that you can cope with the workload in B- chool?
  5. How do you study/prepare for exams?
  6. Do you engage in self-directed learning?

General Interview Questions

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General Questions

  • Tell me about yourself.
  • How do you want me to remember you?
  • What are your goals?
  • There are hundreds if not thousands of applicants, why should we choose you?
  • Convince me that you would make a Professional
  • Why do you want to study xxx?/Why do what this job?
  • Why do you want to be xxx?
  • What will you if you aren't accepted to B- school/Job/course?
  • What makes you special?
  • What are your 2 best points?
  • What are your 2 weakest points?
  • How will you pay for B-school?
  • What do you do in your spare time?
  • How did you get here?
  • Which family member has influenced your life so far and why?
  • What do you know about our firm/ School/College
  • How interested are you in sports?
  • What is your rank in school? Is your GPA a good indicator of your abilities?
  • Was your involvement in school activities worth the time you devoted to them? Why?
  • Do you prefer working with others or by yourself?
  • Who are your best friends? Why?
  • Can you take instructions without feeling upset?
  • Tell me a story.
  • How did previous employers treat you?
  • What have you learned from other jobs you have held?
  • Can we get recommendations from your previous employers?
  • What interests you about our firm? Why would you want to represent our clients?
  • What was your record in military services?
  • Have you ever had to withdraw from a class?
  • What is your proudest moment?
  • How long do you expect to work?
  • Have you ever had any difficulty getting along with fellow students or faculty or co-workers
  • What is the source of your spending money?
  • Do you have any debts?
  • Do you like routine work?
  • What is your major weakness?
  • Define cooperation
  • Are you willing to fight to get ahead?
  • What job with the firm would you choose if you were given the choice?
  • What types of books do you read?
  • What types of people seem to rub you the wrong way?
  • What are your special abilities?
  • What have you done that shows initiative and a willingness to work?
  • How many hours a day do you think a person should work?
  • What are your goals?
  • Why should we hire you over our other applicants?
  • When you need counseling for personal problems, with whom do you talk to?
  • Describe your childhood.
  • you plan to continue your hobbies through law sch
  • Outside of your family, who is your biggest role model?
  • Do you like being alone? When you are alone, what do y
  • Tell me about your family. How do they feel about your decision to attend
  • If you had one day to do anything, what would you do?
  • Who knows you best in this world? How would that per
  • Who are your heroes?
  • Discuss your summer work experiences
  • What additional activities have you pursused during the summer?
  • What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you?

 

Previous Work Related Interview Questions

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Previous Work related Question

  1. What qualifications do you have that will make you successful in this field?
  2. Why did u quit your last job?
  3. What was your learning from last job?
  4. what did you like the most in your previous company?
  5. what made you special there?
  6. What is your proudest moment?
  7. How long do you expect to work?
  8. Have you ever had any difficulty getting along with fellow students or faculty or co-workers
  9. What is the source of your spending money?
  10. Do you have any debts?
  11. Do you like routine work?
  12. What is your major weakness?
  13. Define cooperation.
  14. Are you willing to fight to get ahead?
  15. What job with the firm would you choose if you were given the choice?
  16. What was your record in military services?
  17. What types of people seem to rub you the wrong way?
  18. What are your special abilities?
  19. What have you done that shows initiative and a willingness to work?
  20. How many hours a day do you think a person should work?

 

Undergraduate Education Interview Questions

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Undergraduate Education Interview Questions


1.How did you select your undergraduate university?
2.Think back on your undergraduate experience at Slippery Rock University. What would you change about it?
3.If you were in charge of Slippery Rock University, what would you change that would impact the undergraduate experience as it pertains to advancement to law school?
4.What undergraduate courses did you enjoy most? Least?
5.Why did you choose your undergraduate major?
6.What extracurricular activities were you involved in during your undergraduate years?
7.What was your toughest class? Why? What skills have you developed outside the classroom?
8.Describe your best college professor. What made them unique? What has been your favorite course and why?
9.How have you benefited from your undergraduate education?
10.How many hours a week did you study?
11.How has your undergraduate experience made you a better person?
12.What subjects are you now studying? Discuss.
13.Why did you drop, fail, or get a particular grade in a certain class?
14.Outline your study techniques.
15.Do your grades accurately reflect your ability?

Leadership Skill Interview Questions

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Leadership Skill

  1. Have you taken advantage of the opportunities available to you on campus to become involved in a complete people-oriented activity?
  2. Have you taken a leadership role in such an activity? How involved were you? How did you help the organization?
  3. Describe the most outstanding leader you have ever worked with and how you are similar to this person. How are you different?
  4. What have you found to be the most significant obstacles in getting people to take action? How have you handled the ese obstacles? It is sometimes desirable to lead other people by setting a positive example.
  5. Describe a work situation when your example served as a model for others.
  6. Describe a time when you had to take a leadership role in coaching or instructing someone. What were you providing instructions on? How did you assess the learner's comprehension of the problem? What feedback did you provide?
  7. In your view, how does leadership fit into the role of a xxx?
  8. What is your strongest leadership skill and how will it assist you in this profession?

Decision Making Skills Interview Questions

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Decision Making Skills

  1. Give me an example of a situation where you sought out a problem to solve because it represented a challenge to you
  2. tell about a situation in which you felt you acted too quickly and later regretted it. what caused it?
  3. Give me an example of a decision that you made that turned out to be a mistake. what did you learn as a result?
  4. Describe a situation where you had to make a quick decision based on incomplete information.
  5. Give an example that illustartes your ability to make a tough decision.
  6. Your supervisor left an assignment in your in box, then left town for a week. Now, you can’t reach him and you don’t understand the assignment. What would you do?
  7. Describe a situation that illustrates your ability to analyze and solve a problem.
  8. Tell me about a time when you acted as a mediator to solve a problem

Communication Skills Interview Questions

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Communication skills

  1. What would you do if a client didn’t like you?
  2. What experience have you had in working with others as part of a team?
  3. Tell me about a time when you had to communicate under difficult circumstances.
  4. Tell me about a time when you had to deal with an irate person/customer/client. How did you handle the situation? What was the outcome?
  5. Describe a face-to-face meeting in which you had to influence a highly emotional indid you use? What happened?
  6. Sometimes it’s important to disagree with others to keep a mistake from being made. Tell me about a time whenyou were willing to disagree with another person in order to build a positive outcome.
  7. Give me a specific example of atime when your communication skills enabled you to influence the way others time when your communication skills enabled you to influence the way others
  8. Tell me what you have found to be the major obstacles to effective teamwork.
  9. Tell me how you have attempted to build trust with your peers.
  10. Tell me about a time when you found it necessary to tactfully but forcefully say things that others did not want tohear.
  11. How do you handle yourself when you are having a conflict with someone?
  12. Getting through college requires a lot of writing. Tell me about some of the writing you have done:topics, lenngth, format, etc. What difficulties did you have with any of the written assignments or projects?
  13. What factors influence the success of a presentation
  14. Describe a successful presentation you gave to a small or large group.

Goal Orientation/Motivation-Interview Questions

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Goal Orientation/Motivation

  1. What are your specific goals in law?
  2. What do you see yourself doing in law 10-15 years from now?
  3. Tell me about an important goal you set for yourself and your success in reaching it?
  4. Getting the job done may necessitate unusual persistence or dedication to results, especially when faced with obstacles or distractions. Tell me about a time when you were very persistent in order to reach a goal.
  5. Give an example of a time that you did more than what was expected of you. Why did you do this?
  6. Tell me about a time when you had difficult goals associated with you work. Were you staisfied with those goals and their outcomes?
  7. Can you describe a time when your work was criticized? How did you handle the situation?
  8. Tell me about a time that best illustrates your ability to stick things out in a tough situation.
  9. How would you define success for a lawyer? For yourself?
  10. Waht special goals, other than those related to your occupation, have you established for yourself for the next ten years?
  11. What is your energy level like? Describe a typical day.
  12. Can you provide me with an example of a time when you we
  13. What is the greatest obstacle you have had to overcome?

Sample Behavioral Interview Questions

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SAMPLE BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

  1. Tell me about a time when you were on a team, and one of the members wasn’t doing his or her share.
  2. Tell me about a time when you felt a need to update your skills or knowledge in order to keep up with the changes in technology. How did you approach that?
  3. Describe a time when a customer got angry with you. How did you react? How did you resolve the situation?
  4. Please give me an example of a time when you took the initiative to improve a specific work process.
  5. Give me an example of a time when you surpassed a customer’s expectations.
  6. Tell me about a time when a customer requested special treatment that was out of the scope of normal procedures. What was the situation and how did you handle it?
  7. Describe a time when you had to use logic and good judgment to solve a problem.
  8. Tell me about a time when you had to cope with a stressful situation.
  9. Give me an example of a time when you had to make a split second decision.
  10. Give me an example of a time when you used your fact-finding skills to solve a problem.
  11. Describe a time when you put your needs aside to help a co-worker understand a task. How did you assist them? What was the result?

 

HR Interview Questions For Experienced

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A good Collection of HR questions for experienced professional for interviews.Come Ace Your interview Skills

  1. ·Why did you resign from your previous job?
  2. ·Why have you been out of work so long?
  3. ·Why have you had so many jobs?
  4. ·Tell me about a situation when your work was criticized.
  5. ·Could you have done better in your last job?
  6. ·Tell me about the most boring job you have ever had.
  7. ·May I contact your present employer for a reference?
  8. ·How many hours a week do you normally work?
  9. ·What was the toughest challenge you have ever faced?
  10. ·Have you been absent from work more than a few days in any previous position?
  11. ·What changes would you make if you came on board?
  12. ·What would you say to your boss if he is crazy about an idea, but you think it stinks?
  13. ·How could you have improved your career progress?
  14. ·Tell me honestly about the strong points and weak points of your boss (company, management team, etc.)
  15. ·Looking back on your last position, have you done your best work?
  16. ·Why should I hire you from the outside when I could promote someone from within?
  17. ·How do you feel about reporting to a younger person?
  18. ·Looking back, what would you do differently in your life?
  19. ·Why are not you earning more money at this stage of your career?

HR Interview Questions for Freshers

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A Good collection of HR Questions for Freshers, Come Ace your Interview Skills.

  1. ·Tell me about yourself.
  2. ·Why should I hire you?
  3. ·What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  4. ·Why do you want to work at our company?
  5. ·What is the difference between confidence and over confidence?
  6. ·What is the difference between hard work and smart work?
  7. ·How do you feel about working nights and weekends?
  8. ·Can you work under pressure?
  9. ·Are you willing to relocate or travel?
  10. ·What are your goals?
  11. ·What motivates you to do good job?
  12. ·What makes you angry?
  13. ·Give me an example of your creativity.
  14. ·How long would you expect to work for us if hired?
  15. ·Are not you overqualified for this position?
  16. ·Describe your ideal company, location and job.
  17. ·What are your career options right now?
  18. ·Explain how would be an asset to this organization?
  19. ·What are your outside interests?
  20. ·Would you lie for the company?
  21. ·Who has inspired you in your life and why?
  22. ·What was the toughest decision you ever had to make?
  23. ·Have you considered starting your own business?
  24. ·How do you define success and how do you measure up to your own definition?
  25. ·If you won $10 million lottery, would you still work?
  26. ·Tell me something about our company.
  27. ·How much salary do you expect?
  28. ·Where do you see yourself five years from now?
  29. ·On a scale of one to ten, rate me as an interviewer.
  30. ·Do you have any questions for us?

Sample Behavioral Interview Questions

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• Tell me about a time when you were on a team, and one of the members wasn’t doing his or her share.

• Tell me about a time when you felt a need to update your skills or knowledge in order to keep up with the changes in technology. How did you approach that?

 



• Describe a time when a customer got angry with you. How did you react? How did you resolve the situation?

 

• Please give me an example of a time when you took the initiative to improve a specific work process.

• Give me an example of a time when you surpassed a customer’s expectations.

• Tell me about a time when a customer requested special treatment that was out of the scope of normal procedures. What was the situation and how did you handle it?

 

 


• Describe a time when you had to use logic and good judgment to solve a problem.

• Tell me about a time when you had to cope with a stressful situation.

• Give me an example of a time when you had to make a split second decision.

• Give me an example of a time when you used your fact-finding skills to solve a problem.

• Describe a time when you put your needs aside to help a co-worker understand a task. How did you assist them? What was the result?

 

 

 

Tips for attending interviews

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For successful tackling of a behavioural interview question, you may have to prepare and keep the following tips in mind:

1. Show your understanding of the organization

2. Understand the skills required for that profile and showcase

 

 

 

 

About the Organization

* Research the business unit or department.
* Become familiar with the products, services, structure, competitors, reputation, and any recent significant changes.
* Review the job description to understand the skills required.
* Do research on yourself as well.
* Know why you want the job.
* Review your resume.
* Identify transferable skills, key accomplishments, work style, and personal and professional strengths.

 

Specific Skill Sets

Remind yourself of specific experiences that exemplify these skills and strengths.

* Be able to express the unique marketable skills you have to offer.
* Prepare a list of four or five questions about the department or position.
* Get a good nights’ rest.
* Know the exact place and time of the meeting.
* Allow plenty of time to get to the interview and plan to arrive early.

Try to arrive at the location at least 15 minutes before your scheduled test time to give yourself time to relax before the interview begins.

 


Tips To Do your BEST
*  Listen carefully, and feel free to ask for clarification before answering a question.
* Take a moment to formulate your answers before you speak.
* Project energy and enthusiasm.
* Be honest while focusing on communicating your professional achievements. Bring extra resumes, a notepad, and a pen.
* Be polite to everyone you meet at the interview.
* Do not chew gum, swear, or use slang.
* Thank the interviewer for their time. Within a day, send a written thank you note via e-mail or regular mail.
* If the interview is face-to-face:
* Look your professional best.
* Be conservative in your use of fragrance, cosmetics, and jewelry. Make eye contact with the interviewer.
* Be aware of the interviewer’s body language and other non-verbal cues.

 

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