Interview Questions

Question 1

How do you go about solving a problem?

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Question 2

Tell me about yourself

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overview of your highest qualification then running through the jobs you’ve held so far in your career. You can follow the same structure of your CV

Question 3

What are your strengths?

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Question 4

What are your weaknesses?

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Question 5

Why should we hire you? or What can you do for us that other candidates can’t?

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Question 6

Where do you see yourself in five years time?

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Question 7

Why do you want to work here?

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Question 8

What are three positive things your last boss would say about you?

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Question 9

What salary are you seeking?

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Question 10

If you were an animal, which one would you want to be?

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Question 11

Describe a situation in which you lead a team

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Question 12

Describe a situation where you worked in a team

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Question 13

What has been your greatest achievement?

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Question 14

If you were to win £1m what would you do with the money?

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Again, sound out your thought process. “While it would definitely be exciting to win £1 million, I would want to think through all my options and also be aware of how this money would be taxed before I think about allocating the funds.

“Some of the options I would consider include how I could invest this money, how much I could donate to a charity, and how I could use a portion of it to celebrate the win. But, if you are concerned, I’d still come to work on Monday.”

Question 15

What makes you happy about work on a Friday evening?

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Question 16

How do you fit a giraffe in a fridge?

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Question 17

What is it about this job you would least look forward to?

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Question 18

If your friend was seriously injured and you had to get him to a hospital, would you speed and go through a red light?

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Question 19

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses?

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Question 20

Tell me about a time when you failed at something.

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Question 21

What are the three words that your parents would describe you with?

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Question 22

What have you done in the past to get out of a tricky situation?

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Question 23

Why is 99pc not good enough?

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Question 24

How many ways can you get a needle out of a haystack?

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“What we can see, we can find. In this case what if we were to drench the haystack in a colour that would make the needle easier to see?

“Trying to differentiate silver from the gold of hay is hard to do, but if I could turn the hay green, blue, or purple then the silver of the needle would be much more obvious.”

“If the needle is made of steel, a magnet will do the trick. Or you could simply burn the hay off and the needle will remain.”

Question 25

How would you explain Facebook to your Grandma?

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“First, it’s important for me to let you know that I know my audience well in this case and have done my research on who I’m speaking with.

“My grandma does use the internet, is familiar with websites, but knows nothing yet about social networking. So, in this case, I’d say, ‘Grandma, I know you love keeping in touch with your friends and family, and I know you love using the internet to find out new information.’

“Then I would say, ‘There is a website called Facebook which allows you to both connect and stay in touch with your friends and family online, while you’re also able to follow companies and organisations you like, to find out their latest news and products. Do you have time, Grandma, for me to show you?’”

Question 26

If you entered into a room full of people with different interests, what would you do?

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Question 27

What do you mean by ‘leadership’?

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Question 28

By what criteria do you judge your own performance?

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Question 29

Which football team do you support?

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Question 30

What is the main thing that gets you out of bed each morning?

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Question 31

Describe the hardest decision you have faced in the past 12 months.

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Question 32

Who is your biggest hero?

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Question 33

Give me an example of your extreme levels of tenacity.

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Question 34

In a fight between a lion and a tiger, who would win & why?

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Question 35

How would your delegates describe you?

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