Generic Interview Questions

[hully1029]

What makes you better than the other candidates and save the best for last. Is Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?

[Robert]

i was interviewing for a job and right at the end the guy stops talking for a second then says as fast as you can answer "there's a lion in the room with you what do you do" is said I would open the door and let him out. Some how I got the job.

[Lynn21]

Does your deer lease allow guests?

[MySRT8U]

Back in the day, (decades ago)I was interviewing for a sales job and as was was common in those days in sales interviews he handed me a pen and said "sell me this pen". It was a lame and lazy interview technique. (I fantasized about jamming it in the guy's ear like Joe Pesci did to the guy in the bar in "Casino".) My reply was sufficiently smart arse that he got very red in the face and asked me to leave.

once he told you that, you should've said, "Can you write your name for me?"
him: "I don't have a pen."
you:

[lsoutdoorstx]

Some questions I've heard in interviews:
1 - If you have a coworker that is a problem, how do you deal with the conflict?
2 - Why should we pick you for this job?
3 - What do you know about this position and tell me your experience that relates to it?

[PROD49]

having interviewed thousands of people my questions vary over the years. the one question I always as is what are your 3 areas of opportunity (weakness) in regards to the job? This will shed light on self awareness, coach ability, and general BS factor. When they answer I have none then it's a pass.

[curtintex]

"Tell me all you know about our company." I love it when someone knows the details of some of our projects, knows about our clients, knows about awards or accolades that we've received. If they haven't taken the time to do a little research, they probably don't want the job that bad.


I had an interview the other day where the applicant asked me, "What exactly is it y'all do?". We make edible urinal cakes and we're looking for a QC tester.

[76aggie]

For these generic questions I ask a candidate what in their opinion is the single most important event taking place in the world today. I really don't care about their answer but want to find out if they have any situational awareness of what is going on today. Another question I ask is to have them describe their last boss. If they talk trash about the last boss, they will probably talk trash about you. These questions reflect little on the actual job but speak volumes regarding the individual candidate.

[Daniel32]

These are the basic interview questions I ask every candidate that I interview. I do ask some more job specific ones however these are the basic ones


1. Can you tell me a little about yourself?
2. Why do you want this job?
3. What are your greatest professional strengths?
4. What do you consider to be your weaknesses?
5. What is your greatest professional achievement?
6. Tell me about a time you made a mistake
7. Tell me about a challenge or conflict you've faced at work, and how you dealt with it?
8. What's your management style?
9. What's a time you disagreed with a decision that was made at work? How did you handle it?
10. How do you deal with pressure or stressful situations?
11. How would you describe a good leader?
12. How would you describe a bad leader?
13. How would you fire someone?
14. What do you like the most and least about working in this industry?
15. What do you like to do outside of work?
16. Do you have any questions for me?

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Why are you looking for a job?

I love the answers you get. The answer tells you a lot about how they handle stress and complicated situations. No situational question needed.

[MySRT8U]

If you happen to take a walk around the facility with the interviewer and you see trash on the ground, PICK IT UP.


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