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Tell me about yourself.
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What are your strengths?
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What are your weaknesses?
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What kind of personality do you work best with and why?
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Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?
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Why are you leaving your present job?
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Why do you want this job?
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What will you miss about your present/last job?
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Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.
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What attracted you to this company?
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What do you know about our company?
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What's your ideal company?
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Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
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What are you looking for in terms of career development?
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What kind of goals would you have in mind if you got this job?
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What do you ultimately want to become?
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Why should we hire you?
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Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.
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What techniques and tools do you use to keep yourself organized?
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if you had to choose one, would you consider yourself a big-picture person or a detail-oriented person?
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Tell me about your proudest achievement.
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If you were at a business lunch and you ordered a rare steak and they brought it to you well done, what would you do?
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Give me an example of a time you gave excellent customer service.
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What assignment was too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue?
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If I were to ask your last supervisor to provide you additional training or exposure, what would s/he suggest?
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How would you cope doing a repetitive job?
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How do you feel spending most of your day on the phone?
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Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.
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Was there a person in your career who really made a difference?
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Give examples of ideas you've had or implemented.
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How would you describe your work style?
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What would be your ideal working situation?
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What did you like least about your last job?
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Do you have any questions for me?
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When were you most satisfied in your job?
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What are three positive things your last boss would say about you?
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What salary are you seeking?
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What's your salary history?
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What were the responsibilities of your last position?
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Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?
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Who has impacted you most in your career, and how?
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What do you see yourself doing within the first 30 days of this job?
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What three character traits would your friends use to describe you?
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If you were interviewing someone for this position, what traits would you look for?
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List five words that describe your character.
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What is your greatest achievement outside of work?
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What's the most difficult decision you've made in the last two years?
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Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?
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What are your team-player qualities? Give examples.
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How have your educational and work experiences prepared you for this position?
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What work experiences have been most valuable to you and why?
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Of the hobbies and interests listed on your resume what is your favourite and tell me why?
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What goals have you set for yourself? How are you planning to achieve them?
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What is your most significant accomplishment to date?
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Why do you want to work here?
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What interests you about this job?
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What challenges are you looking for in a position?
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What can you contribute to this company?
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What motivates you?
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Describe a leadership role of yours and tell why you committed your time to it.
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In a particular leadership role you had, what was your greatest challenge?
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Give me an example of an idea that has come to you and what you did with it?
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Give me an example of a problem you solved and the process you used?
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Give me an example of the most creative project that you have worked on.
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Tell me about a project you initiated?
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Describe the project or situation that best demonstrates your analytical abilities?
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Tell me about your most difficult decision and how did you go about making it?
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What types of situations put you under pressure, and how do you deal with pressure?
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Where do you think your interest in this career comes from?
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What industry besides this one are you looking into?
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Why have you chosen this particular profession?
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When you take on a project do you like to attack the project in a group of individually?
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Describe the type of manager you prefer.
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Tell me about a team project of which you are particularly proud and your contribution?
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Describe a situation where you had to work with someone who was difficult, how did you handle it?
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What type of work environment appeals to you most?
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With which other companies are you interviewing?
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What characteristics do you think are important for this position?
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Why do you feel that this company will be a career for you rather than a job?
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Name two management skills that you think you have?
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What characteristics are most important in a good manager? How have you displayed one of them?