INTERVIEW TIPS

• Research the interviewer, job and company.
• Confirm the time, date, place, and details of the interview.
• Learn as much as you can about the open position for which you are interviewing.
• Dress for success!
• Practice answering questions (see top questions asked in interviews below).
• Develop insightful questions to ask.
• Review examples of your successes at former employers.
• Bring extra resumes, references, and work samples.
• Be prepared for the unexpected!

1. Describe your ideal job and/or manager.
2. Why are leaving your current position?
3. What unique experience or qualifications separate you from other candidates?
4. Tell me about yourself.
5. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
6. Describe some of your most important career accomplishments.
7. What are your short-term/long-term goals?
8. Describe a time when you were faced with a challenging situation.
9. What are your salary requirements?
10. Why are you interested in this position? Our company?
11. What would your former manager and colleagues say about you?
12. What are the best and worst aspects of your previous job?
13. What do you know about our company?
14. What motivates you? How do you motivate others?
15. Why should this company hire you?
16. In what kind of environment and corporate culture are you most comfortable?
17. How do you work under pressure?
18. What two or three things are most important to you in a job?
19. What major challenges have you encountered in past jobs and how did you handle the challenge?
20. How do you feel about working on a variety of different projects at the same time?