Over the years we have collected popular interview questions and one of the best ways to feel confidence before a job interview is to formulate answers to common questions and practice before the day of the interview.
- When were you most satisfied in your job?
- What motivates you in a job and in your personal life?
- How do you handle criticism and conflict?
- This organisation is very different to your current employer how do you think you are going to fit in?
- What kind of people do you find it difficult to work with?
- Give me an example of when you have had to face a conflict of interest at work.
- Do you prefer to work alone or in a group? Why?
- What is the most difficult situation you have faced and how did you approach it?
- Give me an example of when you have felt anger at work. How did you cope and did you still do a good job?
- How do you measure your own performance?
- What changes in the workplace have caused you difficulty and why?
- Give me an example of when you have been out of your depth.
- How do you organise or plan?
- What are three things your manager would say about you?
- How does your job fit in to your department and company?