interview questions

Interview questions

 Any interview can be a daunting thing, but knowing a few things about to expect, can make a big difference. 

So, first of all, it's good to know that there are 4 types of questions that be asked:

• closed questions  - questions that require a one word answer. Example: Are you feeling better today?  May I use the bathroom? 
• opened questions - questions that require more that one word answers. Example: What was your previous job like? What do you expect to get from this position?
• rhetorical questions - are a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point and without the expectation of a reply. Example: "If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?"
  (Billy Corgan)
• hypothetical questions - are questions based on hypothetical scenarios. They usually start with "What if?". Generally, the scenario is not actively occurring. Example: If you had a conflict with a colleague, what would you do to resolve it?

         In the next section, we had to come up with 20 questions that we would ask someone in an interview and after the class was divided in groups of two, we had to cross interview each other.

          Here are the 20 questions I came up with:

1. Tell me about your college years and what you got out of them?
2. What made you chose our company?
3. What professional qualities are you bringing into this job?
4. How would you improve our company?
5. What's your philosophy of life and how does it differ from most others.
6. What three characteristics do you look for in a friend...and why?
7. What could be done to improve service at your bank?
8. How did your two favourite teachers or professors help you most?
9. What would you change in our ethos and why?
10. Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?
11. If you could do one nice thing for 20 strangers, what would it be?
12. If forced to take a government job, what would it be and why?
13. How would you combine family life with work?
14. How will you implement your ideas into our projects?
15. What did you learn as a teenager that you'd like other kids to learn?
16. Give me a general view of your current responsibilities
17. What would your ideal job be?
18. Tell me about another house you'd prefer to the one you have.
19. Would you like to ask us any question?
20. Give me an example of a time when communicating with a customer (or fellow worker) was difficult. Give me an example of how you handled it.