Work Experience :

1. What does your present job involve ?

2. What do you enjoy most / least about it ?

3. What did you find easiest / most difficult in your last job ?

4. What are your greatest achievements / failures at work ?

5. Why did you choose this career ?

6. Why did you leave your previous job ?

7. Why are your seeking a new job ?

8. What kind of work are you looking for ?

9. Have you ever done this kind of work before ?

10. Why were you out of work for so long ?

11. Why were you made redundant ?

12. Isn't this job a step down for you ?

13. Give evidence of a time when you demonstrated initiative in your job.

14. Give evidence of your problem-solving ability in your last job.

15. Have you any experience of managing staff ?

16. What experience do you have of figurework ?

17. Have you worked with computers before ?

18. What was the extent of your involvement ?

19. What sort of applications / uses did this cover ?

Working Style :

1. Do you prefer to work alone or a as part of a team ?

2. What are your working relationships like ?

3. How do you get on with your boss ?

4. How would you change things if you came to work here ?

5. Can you work under pressure ?

6. Give evidence to show that you are used to meeting deadlines.

7. How do you motivate others ?

8. Ambition and personal motivation :

9. Where do you want to be in five years' time ?

10. What sort of work would you most like to do, given the choice ?

11. What would you do if you inherited / won a large sum of money ?

12. Which is more important to you, money or power ?

13. What sort of people do you get on with best ?

14. What sort of people do you find it difficult to get on with ?

15. Are you a competitive person ?

16. How would you describe your management style ?

17. How long do you think you will stay in this job ?

18. How much do you know about the organisation ?

19. Do you know the name of the Chairman of this company ?

Interests :

1. What are your leisure interests/activities ?

2. Which newspapers do you read ?

3. What television programmes do you watch ?

4. Personality :

5. Tell me about yourself.

6. What is your greatest weakness ?

7. What do you consider to be your strengths ?

8. Are you political religious ?

Health :

1. How often did you have time off in your last job ?

2. How many days sick leave did you take in the last year ?

3. Have you had any serious illnesses ?

4. Do you have any disability which would prevent you from doing this job ?

5. Are you fit enough to do x where this is a demand of the job) ?

6. How do you cope with stress / pressure ?