· How does this job fit in with your overall career goals?
· Who or what in your life would you say influenced you most with your career objectives?
· Can you pinpoint any specific things in your past experience that affected your present career objectives?
· What would you most like to accomplish if you had this job?
· What might make you leave this job?
SELF-ASSESSMENT
· What kind of things do you feel most confident in doing?
· 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 your personality or ability?
· How would you describe yourself as a person?
· 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?
· Do you consider yourself a self-starter? If so, explain why ( and give examples)
· What do you consider to be your greatest achievements to date? Why?
· What things give you the greatest satisfaction at work?
· What things frustrate you the most? How do you usually cope with them?
CREATIVITY
· In your work experience, what have you done that you consider truly creative?
· Can you think of a problem you have encountered when the old solutions didn't work & when you came up with new solutions?
· Of your creative accomplishments big or small , at work or home, what gave you the most satisfaction?
· What kind of problems have people recently called on you to solve? Tell me what you have devised.
DECISIVENESS
· 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)
· What was your most difficult decision in the last six months? What made it difficult?
· The last time you did not know what decision to make, what did you do?
· How do you go about making an important decision affecting your career?
· What was the last major problem that you were confronted with? What action did you take on it?
RANGE OF INTERESTS
· What organizations do you belong to?
· Tell me specifically what you do in the civic activities in which you participate. (Leading questions in selected areas. i.e. sports,
economics, current events, finance.)
· How do you keep up with what's going on in your company / your industry/ your profession?
MOTIVATION
· What is your professional goal?
· Can you give me examples of experience on the job that you felt were satisfying?
· Do you have a long & short-term plan for your department? Is it realistic?
· Did you achieve it last year?
· Describe how you determine what constitutes top priorities in the performance of your job.
WORK STANDARDS
· What are your standards of success in your job?
· In your position, how would you define doing a good job? On what basis was your definition determined?
· When judging the performance of your subordinate, what factors or characteristics are most important to you?
LEADERSHIP
· In your present job what approach do you take to get your people together to establish a common approach to a problem?