General Questions

1. What are your long- and short-range goals and objectives, when and why did you establish these goals and how are you preparing yourself to achieve them?
2. What specific goals, other than those related to your occupation, have you established for yourself for the next ten years?
3. What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
4. What do you really want to do in life?
5. What are your long-range career objectives?
6. How do you plan to achieve your career goals?
7. What are the most important rewards you expect in your business career?
8. What do you expect to be earning in five years?
9. Why did you choose the career for which you are preparing?
10. Which is more important to you, the money or the type of job?
11. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
12. How would you describe yourself?
13. How do you think a friend or professor who knows you would describe you?
14. What motivates you to put forth your greatest efforts?
15. How has your college experience prepared you for a business career?
16. Why should I hire you?
17. What qualifications do you have that make you think that you will be successful in business?
18. How do you determine or evaluate success?
19. What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours?
20. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our company?
21. What qualities should a successful manager possess?
22. Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and those reporting to him or her.
23. What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?
24. Describe your most rewarding college experience. (From the Endicott Report by V.R.Lindquist.)
25. If you were hiring a graduate for this position, what qualities would you look for?
26. Why did you select your college or university?
27. What led you to choose your field of major study?
28. What college subjects did you like best? Why?
29. What college subjects did you like least? Why?
30. If you could do so, how would you plan your academic study differently? Why?
31. What changes would you make in your college or university? Why?
32. Do you have plans for continued study? An advanced degree?
33. Do you think that your grades are a good indication of your academic achievement?
34. What have you learned from participation in extracurricular activities?
35. In what kind of work environment are you most comfortable?
36. How do you work under pressure?
37. In what part-time or summer jobs have you been most interested? Why?
38. How would you describe the ideal job for you following graduation?
39. Why did you decide to seek a position with this company?
40. What do you know about our company?
41. What two or three things are most important to you in your job?
42. Are you seeking employment in a company of a certain size? Why?
43. What criteria are you using to evaluate the company for which you hope to work?
44. Do you have a geographical preference? Why?
45. Will you relocate? Does relocation bother you?
46. Are you willing to travel?
47. Are you willing to spend at least six months as a trainee?
48. Why do you think you might like to live in the community in which our company is located?
49. What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it?
50. What have you learned from your mistakes?

Questions for teacher candidates:

1. What is your philosophy of education?
2. What type of student do you find most challenging to work with?
3. Describe your style of teaching.
4. What activities would you like to become involved in within the school, district or community?
5. Why do you want to teach?
6. What are you long-term career goals and objectives? How have you come to determine these?
7. What do you plan to be doing in five years? Ten years?
8. Describe your student teaching experience(s).
9. What was your greatest challenge in student teaching? How did you strive to master it?
10. How do you develop self-esteem in your students?
11. What is the greatest attribute of an excellent teacher? Which of these attributes do you possess?
12. What are the qualities of an excellent teacher? Which of these qualities do you possess?
13. On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), rate your teaching ability. Why did you give yourself this rating?
14. Some of your students always finish their assignments early. How do you deal with the free time that they have while other students are still working?
15. How do you work with students who are below grade level?
16. What grade level do you prefer? Why?
17. How do you involve paraprofessional aides and parent volunteers in your classroom?
18. How do you approach parent/teacher conferences? What are some of your goals?
19. Why do you want to teach in our school district?
20. Describe your ideal classroom.
21. How do you handle discipline in the classroom? How and when do you discipline a student?
22. A student refuses to do the work you have assigned. What do you do in this situation?
23. What do you expect from your supervisor? Your co-workers?