4/20/16 Wednesday Agenda

Mock interview example

Top 10 Job Interview Questions

Why Do You Want to Work Here?

Answer the following questions in complete sentences on binder paper. Then ask the questions to your partner in class. Try to answer the questions without looking at your paper.  Switch roles. Your papers are due at the end of the period.

Behavioral interview questions:
1.What was the last project you led at school, church, a club or in a sport, and what was its outcome? 
2.Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work, at home or at school. 
3. Can you describe a time when your work was criticized? 
4. Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it? 
5. Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it? 
6. What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it? 
7. How do you handle working with people who annoy you? 
8. If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?
9. What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it? 
10. Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it? 
11. Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job, at a family function, at a school activity, in a club, or in a sports activity. 
12. If you found out your friend was doing something against the law, like stealing from the cash register, what would you do? 
13. What assignment in school or at church or at work was too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue? 
14. What's the most difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to that decision?
15. Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.