Interview Questions

What do you know about our company?

Who are our competitors? What are our products? Who are our customers?

Why have you applied for this particular position?

How did you learn of the vacancy?

What are your salary/wage expectations?

Tell me about the issues in the general press that relate to the industry/vocation for which you are applying.

Tell me about yourself.


What is your attitude towards unions in a workplace?

What is your current salary or remuneration package?

Why do/did you want to leave your current/last job?

What do you think determines a person's progress within a company?

Why should we hire you?

Have you ever made a mistake at work?

What irritates you the most in the workplace/with colleagues?

Have you ever been dismissed/ or disciplined? Why?

Why do you think you might like to work for our company?

Are you looking for a permanent or temporary position with the company?

How many days leave/sickness have you had in the last year? Why?

Do you prefer any particular geographic location? Why? Are you prepared to re-locate?

Would you be prepared to travel nationally/abroad? Are you prepared to go where the company sends you?

Are you married? If so, does your partner work? Do you have children? Do you have a mortgage?

If cr�che facilities were available would you want to apply to use them?

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

What would you like to be doing and earning in 5 years time?

What are your most redeeming qualities?

Our company and staff like working to systems. Training our staff to become experts in these systems has been one of the reasons for our success. We don't leave anything to chance and we even have a system for answering the phone that we will teach you. How do you feel about this?

What are your hobbies or interests?

What did you like/dislike about your previous employer?

What did you like/dislike about your previous manager?

If we phoned your previous employer/manager, what would they tell us about you?
If you were given a task to do but didn't how to go about it, what would you do?

If you lack experience, what do you have to offer?

How would manage poor performance?

What do you understand about a disciplinary procedure? How is it generally applied?

What characteristics do you think an employer looks for in an employee?

For what sort of a company would you like to work?

How many jobs have you applied for in the last three months? How many interviews have your attended? For what types of positions have you applied? Why?

What kind of work interests you?

Which five words most describe you?

What sort of things frustrated you in your last job?

Do you work best on your own or in a team?

Can you get recommendations from previous employers? Can we see them?

Which jobs have you enjoyed the most /least? Why?

What personal characteristics are necessary for success in your chosen field?
What is 15*15?

In your opinion, what are the most important factors in running a business?

What types of people seem to rub you the wrong way?

What types of books do you read?

Does your spouse work?

Tell me about your home life?

Do you drive? If so, what type of car and what colour?

Which companies have you worked for in the past. How did you get the positions?

Tell me about your IT skills?

What are your best friends� occupations?

To what extent do you drink alcohol? Smoke?

Have you ever had any serious illness or injury? How many days absence have you had in the last year?

Which of your parents had the most profound influence on you? Why?

Explain your choice of subjects at school/college/university.

Do you have any major financial debts?

Your CV indicates that you did poorly in your exams (degree, college exams, and secondary school exams). Why?

Can you tell me about your biggest failures and how you dealt with them?