5.1.6.2 Your way to a successful interview

Common questions:

The best preparation for a job interview is to prepare for the most common questions - see below, along with several exercises that will help you through this interview exercise.

►Why are you interested in working at this company?

►Why should we choose you?

►What was your work relationship with your last supervisor like?

►What salary do you expect?

►Tell us something about you that we should know.

►What irritates you the most about other people and how to you cope with it?

►What are your strengths?

►How do you cope with changes and challenges?

►What’s your work style?

►What scares you the most?

►What are your weaknesses?

►Describe yourself with three character traits.

►Do you believe in God?

►If you find out that one of your colleagues misbehaves or does something illegal, what would you do?

►What makes a good supervisor?

►What is your sexual orientation?

►Do you focus on the details or the vision?

►What kind of conflicts have you experienced at work and how do you feel about them now?

►How do you realize that you did a good job?

►Tell us something about you, that we can’t find on your CV.

►Give us an example of a conflict, that you were able to resolve.

►Can you think of reasons why someone wouldn’t want to work with you?

►What do you do when you realize that you have weaknesses in certain areas?

►How do you rate your ability to perform tasks independently?

►How do you cope with stress?

►How do you handle criticism?

►How do you maintain your physical and mental health?