• Tell me about yourself
    • Brief Introduction
    • Major accomplishments
    • Demonstrated strengths
    • Importance of strengths to prospective employer
  • How would you describe yourself?
  • How would your best friend describe you? A professor? An acquaintance?
  • What motivates you to do your best?
  • What are the three most important things to you?
  • How did you prepare for this interview?
  • Why do you want to work for ?
  • Do you feel you are experienced enough for this position? If yes, please explain why.
  • Do you think your grades are a good indicator of your academic abilities?
  • What do you see yourself doing in five years? Ten years?
  • What is your greatest weakness?
  • What goals, other than those related to your career, do you have?
  • How do you judge failure? Success?
  • Tell me about a time where you failed. How did you overcome that situation?
  • Were you ever in a group where the team didn’t work well together? What did you do to overcome the situation and make it as successful for yourself and others?
  • What kind of salary do you expect from this position?
  • What do you expect to be earning in five years?
  • Have you ever experimented with illegal drugs?
  • How do you feel about mandatory drug testing in the workplace?
  • What classes did you enjoy the least/most?
  • What did you learn from your involvement in extra-curricular activities?
  • Do you plan on continuing your education?
  • Why should we hire you?
  • Describe a difficult problem you had to deal with.
  • Describe the qualities of an effective leader.
  • If you were hiring someone for this position what qualities would you be looking for?
  • What is a mistake you have made and how did you deal with it?
  • How well do you work under pressure?
  • Are you willing to relocate?
  • Do you have any questions for us about the position or the company?
  • Who is your role model/mentor and why?
  • When would you be available for work?
  • Tell us about the strong points of your educational background.
  • Looking at your transcript, can you explain any below average grades? (be prepared to answer to any withdrawals, audits, D’s or F’s)
  • Define cooperation.
  • As an employee, do you consider yourself reliable and punctual, and can you please give me some examples of your professional demeanor, with regard to these conditions of employment?
  • Have you ever been fired or released from a job?
  • If you could choose between a fly and a tree, which would you be?
  • Tell me about a time when you needed someone’s cooperation to complete a task and the person was uncooperative.
  • Tell us about a leadership role you had.
  • What do you do in your free time?
  • What aspect of your education do you feel was most valuable in pursuit of your career?
  • What criteria are you using to evaluate the company for which you hope to work for?
  • How do you predict the economic growth of airlines?
  • What honors or awards have you received? How did you achieve them? How many others received the honor?
  • Describe some situations in which you had to adjust quickly to changes in your organization or departmental priorities. How did the changes effect you?
  • Tell me about some situations in which you had to adjust quickly to changes in your organization or departmental priorities. How did the changes affect you?
  • Working with people from different backgrounds or cultures can be a real challenge. Can you tell me about a time when you had problems adapting to people from a different background or culture? What happened? What did you do? What was the result?
  • How were you able to balance your school work with extra-curricular activities?
  • Describe the things you do to control errors in your work. When was the last time those methods helped you? What did you do?
  • Are you willing to work overtime, evenings, weekends, holidays, or travel if necessary as part of your duties?
  • Can you tell me when you turned a weakness into a strength?
  • You have had lots of jobs. How do we know that you will stick around if we hire you?
  • How long have you been looking for a job?
  • Why haven’t you received any offers so far?
  • What are your strengths as an employee?
  • How did you do on your last performance review? Were there any strengths or weaknesses mentioned?
  • Do you anticipate problems well or merely react to them?
  • Your supervisor tells you to do something that you know is wrong. What do you do?
  • How are you today?