Interview Practice Questions
Answer each with a situation demonstrating your skills relevant to the position. Include a task you completed, the actions you took to complete the task, and positive result of your actions in your answer.
This is called the S.T.A.R. approach (Situation, Task, Action, and Result).
- Tell us about yourself.
- What are your greatest strengths and what are your greatest challenges?
- Why did you choose to interview with this organization, or for this position?
- Describe a problem you faced or a time you failed and how you dealt with it. What did you learn from it?
- What sorts of things cause stress for you, and how do you cope with that stress?
- What three adjectives best describe you?
- How have your experiences prepared you for this role? (Work experience, coursework, extra-curricular activities, etc.)
- What type of leadership roles have you taken on?
- Have you been employed before? What were some of your responsibilities in that job?
- What did you like most about the job? What did you like least? (be careful in answering this, so as not to badmouth another position and/or supervisor.)
- What are your career goals?
- What have you found to be the biggest sources of motivation in your life?
- Describe your organizational and time management skills.
- What has been your most significant accomplishment? What did you learn from it?
- Do you have any other information you would like to share with me?