Practice Interview WorksheetGeneral QuestionsCompulsory1. Tell us about yourself2. What are yourstrengths/weaknesses?3. Describe your work style4. What 3 things are mostimportant to you in a career /new position?Pick two more questions from this group5. How would you describeyourself?6. What are your career goalsfor the next 5 yrs?7. If you are hired what do yousee for your future with us?8. Why are you interested inus/this position?9. What contribution do youthink you can make?10. What is the most/leastsatisfying thing you have doneso far, why11. What values drive you in yourchoice of career?Behavioural QuestionsPick one question from this group1. Describe a time when you werefaced with, and were able toovercome a difficult situation?What skills or personalattributes assisted you to dothis?2. Tell us about a time when youhad to manage conflictingpriorities? Describe theaction/s you took to do this.3. Describe a time when you hadto deal with a conflict betweenyourself and a work colleagueor a client? What caused theconflict and how did youhandle the situation?4. Please tell me about a time youhad to make an importantdecision quickly? How did youfeel about having to do this?Describe any processes youused to make your decision?5. Tell us about a situation whereyou wish you had acteddifferently with someone in awork situation. Whathappened? What did you do?6. Describe a situation where you12. What difficulties do youexperience in getting alongwith others?13. How do you show initiative?14. What kinds of people aredifficult for you to work with?15. Why do you want to get intothis field?16. What will be the focus of yourfuture professional/personaldevelopment?17. What decisions are mostdifficult for you?18. What past decisions have youmade that you would decidedifferently today?19. What is least appealing aboutthis position?20. We are considering severalcandidates. What makes youunique?21. How have you changed sincehigh school?22. Tell me why you would be agood team player.23. How has your education andexperience prepared you forthis position?24. What were your biggesthad to work with others toresolve a problem. Whatprocess/es did the group use todo this, and what was your rolein that process?7. Tell us about a time when youhad to exercise leadership.What approach did you take,what was the result?8. Describe a situation where youhad to work on a team project.What was your role, and whatwas the result?9. Think of a time when youidentified the opportunity tosave the organisation money,or improved an organisationalprocess. Describe why and howyou did this?Tell us about a time you made a serious mistake? How did you become aware of this, and what did you did to resolve the situation?Situational QuestionsPick one question from this group1. A co-worker has unfairlycriticised your judgementseveral times, and hasobviously been talking toothers in the team about this.challenges at university? 25. What drives you in yourpersonal life?26. What are your expectations ofus as an employer?27. Why should we hire you?28. What is your favourite book?What would you do?2. A customer makes a complaintabout the level of service thatyou have provided them. What would you do?3. Your manager has made adecision that you completelydisagree with. How would youdeal with the situation?4. You are involved in a teamproject, and one of your workcolleagues is not pulling theirweight. What would you do? 5. You are involved in a highpressure project, and suddenlyyou are finding it difficult tobalance this responsibilityalong with your regular duties.How would you deal with thesituation?FeedbackHow would you rate interview performance in terms of – eyecontact, smile, overall posture, diction and speech generally,enthusiasm, providing examples, describing benefits?What tips or improvements can you suggest in any of the aboveareas?Use one word that positively describes the overall impression orattitude the person conveyed during the interview –e.g.confident, competent, enthusiastic, assertive, mature,experienced?。