A LIST OF TESTED QUESTIONS
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WARM-UP QUESTIONS
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What made you apply for this position?
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How did you hear about this job opening?
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Briefly, would you summarize your work history & education for me?
WORK HISTORY
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What special aspects of your work experience have prepared you for this job?
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Can you describe for me one or two of your most important accomplishments?
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How much supervision have you typically received in your previous job?
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Describe for me one or two of the biggest disappointments in your work history.
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Why are you leaving your present job? (or, Why did you leave your last job?)
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What is important to you in a company? What things do you look for in an organization?
JOB PERFORMANCE
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Everyone has strengths & weaknesses as workers. What are your strong points for this job?
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What would you say are areas needing improvement?
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How did your supervisor in your most recent job eval!uate your job performance? What were some of the good points and bad points of that rating?
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When you have been told, or discovered for yourself, a problem in your job performance, what have you typically done? Can you give me an example?
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Do you prefer working alone or in-groups?
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What kind of people do you find it most difficult to work with? Why?
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Starting with your last job, tell me about any of your achievements that were recognized by your superiors.
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Can you give me an example of your ability to manage or supervise others?
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What are some things you would like to avoid in a job? Why?
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In your previous job, what kind of pressures did you encounter?
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What would you say is the most important thing you are looking for in a job?
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What are some of the things on your job you feel you have done particularly well or in which you have achieved the greatest success? Why do you feel this way?
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What were some of the things about your last job that you found most difficult to do?
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What are some of the problems you encounter in doing your job? Which one frustrates you the most? What do you usually do about it?
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What are some things you particularly liked about your last job?
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Do you consider your progress on the job representative of your ability? Why?
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How do you feel about the way you & others in the department were managed by your supervisor?
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If I were to ask your present (most recent) employer about your ability as a____________________, what would he/she say?
EDUCATION
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What aspects of your education or training have prepared you for this job?
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What courses in school have been the most help in doing your job?
CAREER- GOALS
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What is your long-term employment or career objective?
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What kind of job do you see yourself holding five years from now?
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What do you feel you need to develop in terms of skill & knowledge in order to be ready for that opportunity?
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Why might you be successful in such a job?
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How does this job fit in with your overall career goals?
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Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most with your career objectives?
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Can you pinpoint any specific things in your past experience that affected your present career objectives?
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What would you most like to accomplish if you had this job?
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What might make you leave this job?
SELF-ASSESSMENT
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What kind of things do you feel most confident in doing?
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Can you describe for me a difficult obstacle you have had to overcome? How did you handle it? How do you feel this experience affected you?
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How would you describe yourself?
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What do you think are the most important characteristics & abilities a person must possess to become a successful ( )? How do you rate yourself in these areas?
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Do you consider yourself a self-starter? If so, explain why ( and give examples)
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What do you consider your greatest achievements to date? Why?
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What things give you the greatest satisfaction at work?
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What things frustrate you the most? How do you usually cope with them?
CREATIVITY
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In your work experience, what have you done that you consider truly creative?
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Can you think of a problem you have encountered when the old solutions didn't work & when you came up with new solutions?
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Of your creative accomplishments big or small, at work or home, what gave you the most satisfaction?
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What kind of problems have people recently called on you to solve? Tell me what you have devised.
DECISIVENESS
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Do you consider yourself to be thoughtful, analytical or do you usually make up your mind fast? Give an example. (Watch time taken to respond)
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What was your most difficult decision in the last six months? What made it difficult?
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The last time you did not know what decision to make, what did you do?
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How do you go about making an important decision affecting your career?
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What was the last major problem that you were confronted with? What action did you take on it?
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- How do you keep up with what's going on in your company / your industry/ your profession?
MOTIVATION
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What is your professional goal?
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Can you give me examples of experiences on the job that you felt were satisfying?
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Do you have a long & short-term plan for your department? Is it realistic?
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Did you achieve it last year?
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Describe how you determine what constitutes top priorities in the performance of your job.
WORK STANDARDS
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What are your standards of success in your job?
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In your position, how would you define doing a good job? On what basis was your definition determined?
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When judging the performance of your subordinate, what factors or characteristics are most important to you?
LEADERSHIP
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In your present job, what approach do you take to get your people together to establish a common approach to a problem?
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What approach do you take in getting your people to accept your ideas or department goals?
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What do you do to set an example for your employees?
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How frequently do you meet with your immediate subordinates as a group?
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What sort of leader do your people feel you are? Are you satisfied?
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How do you get people who do not want to work together to establish a common approach to a problem?
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If you do not have much time & they hold seriously differing views, what would be your approach?
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How would you describe your basic leadership style? Give specific examples of how you practice this?
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Do you feel you work more effectively on a one to one basis or in a group situation?
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Have you ever led a task force or committee or any group who doesn't report to you, but from whom you have to get work? How did you do it? What were the satisfactions & disappointments? How would you handle the job differently?
ORAL PRESENTATION SKILLS
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Have you ever done any public or group speaking? Recently? Why? How did it go?
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Have you made any individual presentations recently? How did you prepare?
WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
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Would you rather write a report or give a verbal report? Why?
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What kind of writing have you done? For a group? For an individual?
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What is the extent of your participation in major reports that have to be written?
FLEXIBILITY
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What was the most important idea or suggestion you received recently from your employees? What happened as a result?
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What do you think about the continuous changes in company operating policies & procedures?
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How effective has your company been in adapting its policies to fit a changing environment?
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What was the most significant change made in your company in the last six months which directly affected you? How successful were you in implementing this change?
STRESS TOLERANCE
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Do you feel pressure in your job? Tell me about it.
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What has been the highest-pressure situation you have been under in recent years? How did you cope with it?
STABILITY & MATURITY
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Describe your most significant success & failure in the last two years.
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What do you like to do best?
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What do you like to do least?
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What in your last review, did your supervisor suggest needed improvement?
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What have you done about it?
INTEREST IN SELF DEVELOPMENT
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What has been the most important person or event in your own self-development?
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What kind of books & other publications do you read?
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Have you taken a management development course?
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How are you helping your subordinates develop themselves?
Behavioral Interview Questions
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Tell me about yourself.
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Describe a normal day to me in your past position.
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What did you like best about your last position? Why?
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What did you like least about your last position? Why?
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What have you learned from some of the jobs you have had?
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What have you done that demonstrates initiative and willingness to work?
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What do you feel are your greatest strengths? Give an example of how you have used these strengths in previous positions.
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What do you feel are your greatest weaknesses? What have you done to overcome this weak area?
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If I were to call your past employer, what would they say about you?
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What interests you in our agency?
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What type of supervisor do you relate best to?
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What type of people do you relate best to?
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What goals do you have for yourself 3-5 years from now?
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What do you think determines a person’s progress in a company?
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What job in our company would you like to work toward?
In-Depth Interview Questions & In-Depth Supervisory Questions
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Why do you feel you are the best fit for the position you have applied for.
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If you were to rank in order of importance various factors people normally consider important in accepting a new position things such as challenge, opportunity, working environment, security, and money, how would you rank them?
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Describe a prior actual challenging work issue you had to face, and how you dealt with it? What was the outcome?
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How do you handle conflict?
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How do you think you could best contribute to the State of Washington?
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Tell me about a previous conflict situation, and how you resolved it.
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Tell me about a time when you tried to achieve a goal, and failed.
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What separates you from the crowd?
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Tell me about your team building skills. Give me a specific example of how you worked well in a team.
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What are your short and long term goals?
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What can you add to what we have already asked you that would make us want to hire you?
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What does "customer satisfaction" mean to you?
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What do you wish to gain from working for the State?
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What do you know about our agency/institution?
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What do you think the employees primary responsibilities are to the organization?
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You notice that a co-worker is doing something that is obviously illegal or unethical, how do you handle that?
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What are the benefits of a diverse workplace?
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What is your biggest weakness?
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What motivates you to excellence?
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What characteristics make a good team player?
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Where do you see yourself in 1/3/5/10 years?
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Why do you feel we should hire you for this position?
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Why do you want to change jobs?
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Why do you want to leave this job after only ____ months?
INTERVIEW IN DEPTH QUESTIONS - SUPERVISORY
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How do you deal with an unhappy or frustrated employee?
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What are the attributes of a successful manager?
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You have an exemplary employee who suddenly starts coming in late, leaving early, or repeatedly calling in sick. How will you handle this situation?
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