An interview is a time for you and the company to get acquainted, compare goals, and ask questions, the means of determining if you "fit". Being prepared for the interview is one of the first things you can do to ensure a successful interview.

Questions You Might Be Asked:

This table contains the type of questions you'll be faced with during an interview. A number of these questions, in some shape and form will be part of the process, if you consider your answers before the interview, you can insure your interview's success.

Be prepared to answer these two very important questions:

• why are you interested in this job?
• What are you looking for in your next position/company?

Influencing Others

Tell me about the time you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas or point of view.

Tell me about the last time someone made an unreasonable request of you.

Describe your most disappointing and frustrating experience in gaining the support of others for an idea or proposal.

Interpersonal Skills

Describe a situation where it was most important for you to display tact and diplomacy.

Tell me about the last time you had a disagreement or clash with someone in your work.

Tell me about the most difficult or frustrating person with whom you have worked.

Personal Adaptability

Tell me about the last time you were criticized by a supervisor/professor.

Tell me about a time when you felt most pressured and stressed in your work.

3Tell me about a time when you felt most frustrated in your work.

In what aspects of your work do you have the most confidence in your abilities.

Communication Skills

Tell me about a time when you felt best about your ability to draw out and solicit information from another person.

Tell me about a time when you had to work your hardest in order to fully understand what another person was saying to you.

Describe the last time someone at work misunderstood what you were attempting to communicate

Motivation

Tell me about the most long-term, sustained, extra hours effort you have had to put into your work.

Describe a time when you were most frustrated or discouraged in reaching your objectives or goals.

What do you feel has been your most significant work related accomplishment within the past year or so?

Describe the last time you did something which went well beyond the expected in your work.

Administrative Skills

Tell me how you go about organizing your work and scheduling your own time.

What do you do to ensure that your goals and objectives are met in a timely way?

Describe the most extensive planning that you have done.

Problem solving and decision making

Tell me about a most difficult problem or decision which you faced in your work.

Tell me about the last time your made a decision which backfired.

Tell me about the time you most regretted not getting advice before going ahead.

Conflict Management Skills

Tell me about the last significant crisis situation you faced in your work.

Tell me about a time when you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas.

Tell me about the last time you had a disagreement or clash with someone at work.