Behavioral Interview Questions

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  1. Are you a People Person?
  2. Describe three things that are important to you in a job?
  3. How do you establish rapport with clients and coworkers?
  4. How do you establish your credibility?
  5. How do you get people to open up?
  6. How do you like to be managed?
  7. How do you set your personal priorities?
  8. How much supervision do you feel you require?
  9. How would you convenience one (or) more coworkers that your way of doing something is better than the current way?
  10. If you are hired, what would be the first thing that you would do?
  11. Sell me this pen/watch/book?
  12. Tell me about a personal problem you have solved?
  13. Tell me about a technical problem you have solved?
  14. What can you tell me that I do not already know that would make me hire you?
  15. What are the three qualities that have contributed to your success and three that you must work on?
  16. What do you think is our organization’s strength? Weakness?
  17. Can you work with big egos (or) with fragile egos?
  18. Do you need everyone to like you?
  19. Do you see your current or former coworkers socially?
  20. Do you think honesty is always the best policy?
  21. Do you think loyalty will return to the workplace?
  22. How do you build relationships with new customers?
  23. How do you cope up with pressure?
  24. How do you resolve diversity problems?
  25. How would you deal with a frustrated or unhappy employee?
  26. Is how you say something as important as what you say? Or is more important?
  27. What do you think is the key to a good communication?
  28. What are your primary activities outside of work?
  29. What are your priorities?
  30. What constructive criticism have you received from employers?
  31. What do you expect to experience in this job that you did not experience in your last job?
  32. Describe a situation where you found yourself differing from others on how to achieve a goal. Why did you differ? What actions did you take? What was the result?
  33. Have you ever offered suggestions to members of management? How did they respond?
  34. Describe an ideal work team?
  35. Describe your personality?
  36. What personal quality makes you perfect hire for this position?
  37. If you would change one aspect of you personality, what would it be?
  38. What values are important to you?
  39. Which of your skills do you feel needs to be developed more? What are your plans to do so?
  40. Tell me about a time when you had to work with an employee whose performance was not up to par. How did you handle it?
  41. Which skill do you think is essential to this job? Why?
  42. What was your greatest accomplishment while in your current /earlier job?
  43. Why do you want to work for a company as a regular employee?
  44. What was your greatest mistake?
  45. Tell me about a project or assignment that required you to work with a team?
  46. Describe your most rewarding college/business experience?
  47. Why should we hire you instead of someone more experienced/more qualified?
  48. Describe how you set priorities?
  49. What are your career objectives? How do you plan to achieve your career objectives?
  50. What have you done that shows initiative and your willingness to work?
  51. What have you done to continue your personal development?
  52. What personal, non-job related goals have you set for yourself?
  53. When was the last time you doubted your professional abilities?
  54. What have you learned from your past jobs?
  55. What have you learned from your past mistakes?
  56. What are your special abilities?
  57. What specific skills that you acquired or used in your last job relate specifically to this one?
  58. You seem to be used to bigger issues than you will face here. How can I trust that you will not leave as soon as a more challenging job comes along?
  59. What if you find out that your boss is biased? He or She prefers one of your colleagues, even though you have performed better.
  60. Tell me about a time when you had to make a fast decision?
  61. Tell me about a time when you made a decision that turned out to be wrong?
  62. What can you do for us that someone else can’t?
  63. What can you teach your coworkers?
  64. Compiled By:
    Aditya Polsani
    Industrial Liaison Associate