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SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
  1. Tell me about yourself.
  2. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
  3. How would you describe yourself?
  4.  How do you think a friend, coworker, or professor may describe you?
  5.  What are the most important rewards you expect in your career?
  6. What motivates you?
  7. Why should I hire you?
  8. What qualifications do you have that make you think you will be successful?
  9. What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction?
  10. What two or three things are most important to you in your job? What have you learned from your mistakes?
  11. What have been your greatest accomplishments in the past four years?
  12. Describe a major problem you have encountered and how have you dealt with it?
  13. How has your college experience prepared you for a career?
  14.  What college subjects do/did you like the best/least? 
  15. Why?
  16. Do you think your grades are a good indication of your academic achievement?
  17. What led you to choose your major field of study?
  18. What have you learned from participation in extracurricular activities?
  19. What are your plans for continuing your education? How has your education prepared you for this position?
  20. Why did you choose Johnson C. Smith University?
  21.  If you could, how would you plan your academic study differently?
  22.  Do you have plans for an advanced degree?
  23. What are your short range/long-range career goals, when and why did you establish these goals, and how are you preparing yourself to achieve them?
  24. What goals, not related to your occupation have you established for the next ten years?
  25.  What are the most important rewards you expect in a career? How do you evaluate success?
  26. What personal characteristics will contribute to your success? This job is a total change from your previous employment, how does it fit into your career goals?
  27.  What are the most important rewards you expect in your career?
  28. Why did you choose the career for which you are preparing?
  29.  What have you learned from your past jobs?
  30. How does your previous experience relate to this position? 
  31.  How has your education prepared you for this position?
  32.  What do you know about our organization?
  33. Why do you want this position?
  34. Describe three things that are most important to you in a job. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our organization?
  35. What qualities should a successful manager possess?
  36. Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and subordinates. In what kind of work environment are you most comfortable?
  37. How would you describe your own work style?
  38. How would you describe the ideal job for you following graduation?
  39. What kind of boss do you like to work for?
  40.  Do you have a geographical preference? 
  41. Why?
  42. Will you relocate?


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