There may be millions of job interview questions, the 80 included in the following list will help you prepare for your next job interview, whether you are selecting candidates or are looking for a job:
Questions about the interviewee's academic background
- What studies did you do and why did you choose them? Would you repeat your choice of studies if you started again? Could you highlight the training you have that best suits the position? Are you willing to complete your training in what you need? What languages Do you already know at what level? Would you agree to condition your remuneration on the progress of your training?
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Questions about the professional past
- Could you tell me about your professional experiences? What was the last position you held? Why did you leave your last job? Of all the things you have done so far, what do you like the most and why?
Questions regarding the reason for the request
- Why would you want to get precisely this job and not another? What caught your attention in the advertisement or in the news you had about your existence? What do you think you can contribute? What do you think you can improve by working What do you think you can give us if you do not have professional experience?
Questions about behavior at work
- How do you like to work more: alone? team up? Are you indifferent? Why do you prefer to work in a team? Why do you prefer to work alone? What experiences do you have of teamwork? Have you been easily integrated into a work group? Do you prefer to form a group with people with whom you have previously Has friendship? Do you think that, with exceptions, professional and private friendship should not be mixed? Do you have a tendency to systematically accept, discuss or question the instructions of your superiors? Do you generally trust or doubt the effectiveness of others? Comrades? How do you accept the rules of discipline ?: With conviction, as a necessary evil, as an imposition? What do you think of your previous bosses?
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Questions about applicant's projects
- What are your short, medium and long-term goals? Why do you think you are the most suitable person for the position? What merits or strengths can give you advantages over other candidates?
Questions regarding the candidate's personal conditions
- Can you join immediately? Are you willing to change your residence? Do you not mind having to travel frequently? Do you have your own vehicle? Do you own your home? Do you have any complementary occupation, paid or not? Do you have other offers of Alternative work? Do you have any extraprofessional, political, union, cultural, sports, artistic, community activities…? Do you have any activity of your own ?: Family business, property management, land cultivation, private classes. What hobbies do you have for your leisure time? What are you doing? What other hobbies haven't you developed and hope to do in the future? Do you have many friends?
Questions about personality
- What are your best qualities? Describe three main ones. What are their defects? Describe three main ones: If you have to make a decision, are you impulsive or reflective?
Questions about the interviewee's family situation
This is a delicate aspect that deserves to be analyzed carefully, since in some countries the legislation expressly prohibits them on the grounds that they may be discriminatory.
- What is your marital status? What conditions should be in place for you and your family to consider that you have had professional success? Are you in the military service? Do you have marriage plans? Do you have children? If you are married, does your spouse work? ? Can your new occupation cause any incompatibility with your spouse's work? What does your family think of your application and your new job? If you live with a relative, have you thought about the possible difficulties that may affect you?
Questions about remuneration
- How much did you earn in your previous job? What is the minimum that covers your current needs? Is the economic factor really the most important in your decision? Have you valued other benefits such as security, transportation, dining, housing, hours, holidays…?
Other questions
- What do you expect from your life? Who is the most important person to you? Why? How do you deal with boredom in your life? What is the title of the most important book you have read? What is the best film you have seen? What do you consider most beautiful in a person? How do you manifest your friendship with others? What is most sacred? Do you feel isolated? Why? What is most wonderful for you? Do you trust others easily? How do you manifest it? What is the best TV show for you? If you could become an animal, which one would you choose? Why? What is your image of yourself? If you could destroy something,what would it destroy? Why? What would be the worst harm someone can do to you? Why? What do you intend to accomplish within the next 10 years? How could you summarize your life in one word? What is the strongest emotion you have had? What is your biggest concern today? What is What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? What is the worst tragedy you have ever experienced? Do you feel safe? Why? Who are the people who have most influenced your life? How do you see social injustice?Social?Social?
Questions regarding your professional life
- What have been the achievements you have achieved in your previous jobs? (If the person interviewed describes the responsibilities in their previous positions, they should be redirected to specify "their achievements", that is, what did they really achieve in each position?)
Surely there are many more that are not on the list and, surely also, in an interview not many will appear, but the best thing is to be prepared for everything.
To conclude, the following video presents a job interview, how it is carried out and some of the guidelines for carrying it out, from the interviewer's and the interviewee's points of view.
