GOOD INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
- 1. Tell us a little more about your professional experience, particularly those not mentioned on your resume.
- 2. Why are you interested in leaving your current assignment and why do you feel that this assignment would be better for you?
- 3. Do you feel this position is a promotion, a lateral move, a broadening of your professional experience, or just a change? Why do you think so?
- 4. How does this position fit into your overall career goals?
- 5. Describe the duties of your current job.
- 6. What do you dislike most about your current job?
- 7. What is your favorite part of your current job and why is it your favorite part?
- 8. What are the three college courses that best prepared you for your current job?
- 9. What is the best method of creating a ________________? a relevant product)
- 10. What qualities or experience make you the best candidate for this position?
- 11. Describe tow or three major trends in your profession today.
- 12. On the basis of the information you have received so far, what do you see as the major challenges of this position and how would you meet them?
- 13. Describe a situation in which you did "all the right things" and were still unsuccessful. What did you learn from the experience?
- 14. Discuss the committees on which you have served and the impact of these committees on the organization where you currently work.
- 15. Why did you choose this profession/field?
- 16. What new skills have you learned over the past year?
- 17. Think about an instance when you were given an assignment that you thought you would not be able to complete. How did you accomplish the assignment?
- 18. Have you ever had a great idea but been told that you could not implement it? How did you react? What did you do?
- 19. Describe the best boss and the worse boss you have ever had.
- 20. Describe your ideal job.
- 21. What would your coworkers or your supervisor say about you?
- 22. Can you describe how you go about solving problems? Please give us some examples.
- 23. What is the biggest conflict you have ever been involved in at work? How did you handle that situation?
- 24. What new programs or services would you start if offered the position?
- 25. Please share with us your philosophy about customer service in an academic environment and give us some examples of service that would illustrate your views.
- 26. Tell us how you would learn your new job in the absence of a formal training program
- 27. How would you characterize your level of computer literacy? What are some of the programs and application with which you are familiar?
- 28. Think about a coworker from the present or past whom you admire. Why?
- 29. What are the characteristics that you prize most in an employee? What behaviors or characteristics do you find intolerable?
- 30. Can you share with us your ideas about professional development?
- 31. Describe some basic steps that you would take in implementing a new program
- 32. What is one or two of your proudest professional accomplishments?
- 33. Do you have any knowledge of the unique role of a _______?(two-year college/liberal arts college/research university)
- 34. How do you feel about diversity in the workplace? Give us some examples of your efforts to promote diversity.
- 35. Tell us how you go about organizing your work. Also, describe an experience you have had with computers or other tools as they relate to organization.
- 36. Please tell us what you think are the most important elements of a good __________. (Service, activity, product, class, etc.)
- 37. Describe your volunteer experiences in community-based organizations.
- 38. What professional associations do you belong to and how involved in them are you?
- 39. Tell us about your preferred work environment?
- 40. What experience or skills will help you manage projects?
- 41. Tell us how you would use technology in your day-to-day job.
- 42. In what professional development activities have you been involved over the past few years?
- 43. What volunteer or social activities have helped you develop professional skills?
- 44. What things have you done on your own initiative to help you prepare for your next job?
- 45. Do you have any concerns that would make you have reservations about accepting this position if it is offered to you?
- 46. What do you think most uniquely qualifies you for this position?
- 47. Do you have any additional information that you would like to share?
- 48. Do you have any questions for us?