Prepare for the interview

CV Workshop Interview questions

Word of advice : Many sites will give you some standard answers to these questions. My advice is to think of YOUR own answer first, write down a few ideas, then if you need some practice on the right words or expressions to use go to vocabulary of interview questions

1 Personality

- Tell me something about yourself that I wouldn’t know by reading your resume .

- Tell me about a problem you had with a person (student or professor) you had to work with.
How was it solved ?

- Describe a time when you had to assist a co-worker.

- Tell me about a learning experience that profoundly shaped your personality.

- If you had unlimited leisure time, how would you spend it ?

- When you aren’t at work, do you prefer an agenda or are you spontaneous ?

- What is your major strength ? your major weakness ?

2 Diligence and professionalism

- Tell me about a time you had to extend a deadline.

- Give me one example of a specific task you had to do and explain the method you used to achieve your objective.

3 Job fit

- What would you like to achieve or develop in this position ?

- What is your motivation to do this kind of work ?

- Do you prefer continuity in structure or frequent changes in your daily routine ?

- Tell me about 2 or 3 aspects of a previous job that you wouldn’t want to repeat.

- What are your major inyerests in our company ?

- Tell me what you know about the industry.

- How do you stay current ?

- What skills would you like to develop in this job ?

4 Accomplishments

- Give me at least one example where your efforts lead you to accomplish something you can be proud of.

- Tell me about a person or group you had to work with to achieve something important.

- Tell me about one of your projects that failed ?