Why did you decide to enter the field of "ABC"?

What motivated you to seek a college degree?

What are your strengths and weaknesses?

Why did you decide to apply for this position?

List three of your most important/proudest accomplishments?

What kind of work environment do you prefer?

What motivates you? Also have you used these motivators with others?

How are you qualified for this job?

What qualifications do you have that make you think you will be a success at this job?

What supervisory experience have you had?

How would you characterize your supervisory style?

The person in this position needs to be inovative and proactive? Can you describe some things you have done to demonstrate these qualities?

How would you rate your communication skills and what have you done to improve them?

Have you ever taught in a classroom setting?

What else besides your school and jon experience qualifies you for this job?

What is your experience with automated systems, and with computers in general?

What have you read lately, and what are you reading now?

How do you feel with this position fitting into your backdround?

What are the personal characteristics and qualities that you bring to this position that would be particularly helpful in fulfilling the responsibilities of this position?

Why did you choose ABC University for your graduate education?

Tell us about youself and why did you choose this type of work?

Tell us about ABC Universities Online Catalog?

What professional groups are you a member of, and how active have you been in those groups?

You have just seen a short site inspection of our offices? Did any aspect or anything you saw or heard about our company surprise you? Would you change anything?

Why do you think more students are going into public services rather than technical services?

Tell us about your experiences with online searching?

How do you work in groups, and what experiences have you had working in groups?

What appeals to you about this position?

Why do you want to move into this area?

What are some aspects of your present position that you like?

What are some aspects of your present position that you dislike?

What do you see yourself doing five or ten years from now? Or where do you see yourself going from here?

What experience have you had using the internet?

Do you have skills necessary to create and maintain our WWW home pages?

What do you see as the future of the internet as a reference tool?

Can you install software on computers and perform basic maintenance on them?

What courses (college/graduate) did you find most satisfying? Least Satisfying? Why?

What would you say you learned from your college/graduate experiences that you see being carried over to your life today?

What kind of people do you like to work with?

Do you plan on continuing your education?

What kind of people do you find most difficult to work with?

Do you prefer working in groups or alone?

Starting with your last job, would you tell me about some of your achievements that were recognized by your superiors?

What are some things you would like to avaoid in a job? Why?

What does success mean to you? How do you judge it?

What are some of the things about your last job that you found difficult to do?

What are some of the problems you encounter doing your job? Which one frustrates you the most? What do you usually do about it?

How has your present job developed you to take on even greater responsibilities?

What do you have going for you that might make you successful in such a job?

Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most with regard to your career objectives?

What would you say there is about you that has accounted for your fine progress to date?

What traits or qualities do you feel could be strengthened or improved?

What motivates you to put forth your best effort?

What kind of things do you feel most confident in doing? Somewhat less confident in doing?

What are some of the things you are either doing know or have thought about doing that are self development activities?

Tell me about a time when you had work problems or stresses that were difficult for you?

Customers frequently create a great deal of pressure? What has been your experience in this area?

What types of pressures do you experience on your current job? How do you cope with these pressures?

Describe a time when you were under pressure to make a decision? Did you react immediately or take time in deciding what to do?

What types of things make you angr? How do you react?

How do you react when you see co-workers disagreeing? Do you become involved or hold back?

Do you prefer to have a job in which yu have well laidout tasks and responsibilities, or one in whichyour work changes on a frequent basis?

If your current position what types of decisions do you make without consulting your immediate supervisor?

What types of experiences have you had in dealing with difficult customers?

Describe a problem person you have had to deal with> What did you say or do?

What have been your experiences in dealing with the general public? When have people really tried your patience?

What important goals have you set in the past, and how successful have you been in working toward their accomplishment?

Do you do personal planning? If so, what are your goals?

What things give you he greatest satisfaction?

How woul you describe yourself?

In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our department?

What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?

Describe your most rewarding experience?

In what kind of work environment are your most comfortable?

What do you know about our company, (organization) ?

You mentioned you enjoyed your last job? What did you most enjoy? Least?

Why should we hire you?

What will your last supervisor tell me are your two weakest areas?

If you were hiring someone for this job,what qualities would you look for?

How do you feel about your ability to write, spell and communicate?

Describe your experience in creating documents, proposals, research findings, or any other form of written copy?

What doe the term two way communication mean to you? When have you sucessfully used two-way communication?

Some people have the ability to "step into another's shoe?" When has this skill been required of you?

How did you organize your work in your last position? What happened to our plan when emergencies came up?

Describe how you determined your priorities on your last job?

Describe how you schedule your time on an unusually hectic day? Give a specific example?

Are you a person who like to "try new things," or "stay with regular routines"? Give an example?