Interview questions

List of Possible Fit Interview Questions

• Tell me about yourself.
• Guide me through your resume.
• What are your top three strengths and weaknesses?
• What would you like to be doing in 5 years from now?
• Describe a time when you dealt with a difficult customer. Be specific.
• Tell me about a situation where you did not get along with your supervisor.
• Tell me about a time you had to work to get cooperation between several people. What steps did you take and what was the result?
• Tell me about a time you delegated a project effectively.
• Have you ever recognized a problem before your boss or others in the organization? What did you do?
• Tell me about the time you missed an obvious solution to a problem.
• Tell me about a time you had to make a decision without much information at your disposal.
• Describe a situation where you had to think on your feet to get yourself out of a difficult situation.
• Give an example of a time when you had to deal with frequent organizational changes or unexpected events.
• Describe the type of environment that motivates your productivity.
• Give me an example of a time when something you were working on "slipped through the cracks."
• If I called your former boss, how would he/she describe you?
• What job factors are important to you and why?
• What expectations do you have of your supervisor and colleagues?
• Tell me about a time you were working on multiple projects that had conflicting deadlines.
• You have 3 managers, each of whom considers his/her project deserves your top consideration. What do you do?
• Think of a crisis situation where things got out of control. Why did it happen and what was your role in the event chain?
• Describe a situation where you had to take immediate action in a high-pressure situation.
• Give an example of a time when you were assertive and it backfired on you.
• Tell me about the time you had to go above and beyond the call of duty to get the job done.
• Give me an example of a time where you had to deal with unreasonable expectations of you.
• Describe a project in your past position that failed.
• Tell me about a time when you had to influence or persuade someone to do something for you that might have been an inconvenience for him/her.
• Tell me about a time when you were most persuasive in overcoming resistance to your ideas or point of view.
• What did you do in your last position to contribute toward team success?
• Give me an example of your involvement in a team effort that was less than successful. What could you have done differently to make it more successful?
• Tell me about a time when you had to deal with an unproductive team member. How did you handle the situation and what was the outcome?
• Tell me about a difficult experience you have had while working in a group with diverse team members.
• Define 3 qualities of a good leader. Which one do you need to work on most?
• Describe a time when you reprimanded an employee for poor performance.
• Describe your management style in dealing with staff and co-workers.
• Tell me about the leader you most admire and why.
• Can you tell me about a time you had to convince someone to do something they did not want to do?
• If I handed you a Rubik's cube and told you that it had to be solved by tomorrow, how would you respond?
• What is your biggest barrier to leadership and how do you surmount it?
• Why this company?
• Why this role?
• Why this industry?
• What is the most difficult critique that you ever received? And how did you handle it?
• Tell me about a time when you made a mistake at work and how you handled it?
• What would you do if your boss told you to do something that was against a standard procedure?
• Describe yourself and capabilities to someone who cannot see you.
• Give me key lessons learned on each role during your career.
• Give real time scenarios to support any skill set or capability mentioned in the course of interview.
• Tell me about a time you made a mistake and how you learned from it?
• Tell me a time when you had to mentor someone and it did not turn out well.
• How did you gain the trust of a subordinate?
• When have you built something for the customer?
• When have you had to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously?
• When have you had a lot of autonomy?
• When have you had to convince someone to do something they didn't want to do?
• What is you biggest barrier to leadership and how do you surmount it?
• Tell me about a time you had to mentor someone and it did not turn out well.
• When did you lead a team through an obstacle?
• When have you had to analyze a lot of data and what tools did you use?
• When have you failed?
• When were you on a team that had a difficulty?
• What is something you are proud of?
• When did you work with senior people and how did you deal with that?
• When have you presented your work to senior people?
• When have you been behind a deadline and how have you dealt with that?
• When have you managed change on a team?
• When have you been a mentor?
• When were you mentored?
• When did you take initiative?
• When did you break the rules?
• When have you used something from class in the workplace?
• When were you on a team that failed?
• When have you worked on something conceptual?
• What are your top 3 strengths? Great, tell me three more!
• When did you have a stressful task or assignment?
• When have you been on multiple projects with conflicting deadlines?
• When have you had to influence someone to do something inconvenient?
• When have you had to reprimand an employee for poor performance?
• When have you had to get cooperation between several people?
• Tell me about yourself.
• What are you doing here?
• Tell me your story.
• Why did you pick your school?
• How are your quantitative skills?
• Tell me of a time you showed leadership skills.
• Tell me of a time you were a team player.
• Give me an example of a time you influenced or persuaded a group.
• Tell me about a recent crisis you handled.
• Tell me about a time you took initiative to start something
• What type of work do you like best?
• What accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction?