Job Interview Questions and Answers

Below are some of the questions an employer may ask you during the interview:

General Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself

2. Why did you become a ____?

3. What are your strengths?

4. What is your greatest weakness?

5. How well do you work under pressure?

6. Why do you want to work in this area of ____?

7. Why do you want to work for us?

8. Describe your perfect job

9. What is most important to you in a job?

10. Where do you see yourself being in five years time?

11. Why did you leave your last job?

12. What have you been doing since you last worked?

13. Describe your relationship with your last manager.

14. What qualities do you admire most in people?

15. What are your most important career accomplishments?

16. Describe a difficult situation you’ve had to handle and what the outcome was.

17. Why should we take you on?

18. Do you belong to any organisations?

19. What specialist journals do you read regularly?

20. Describe a time that you have read a piece of research then implemented the findings into your workplace.

21. How do you stay up to date with current practice?

22. What do you enjoy most in your current job?

23. Describe the biggest challenge you’ve faced at work.

24. Why do you want to leave your current position?

25. What do you think the role of (position you are applying for) is?

26. What do you feel you can bring to this job?

27. How would your colleagues describe you?

28. How would your friends describe you?

29. What interests do you have outside work?

30. Why did you choose ____as a career?

31. Have you ever been fired or asked to resign?

32. What latest piece of research have you read and what did you think of it?

33. How do you feel about shift work?

34. What have you done that shows initiative?

35. Are you aware of your limitations and prepared to ask for help when needed?

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