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Sample Open Ended and Behaviour Based Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself. 2. How would you describe yourself? 3. How would your boss/co-workers and/or subordinates describe you? 4. What motivates you? 5. What do you see as your strengths? 6. What do you see as your weaknesses? 7. What accomplishments are you particularly proud of? 8. What do you know about our company, industry and/or position? 9. Why are you interested in this position? 10. How would you define success in this role? 11. What things are most important to you in a job, manager and/or company? 12. Describe your ideal job. 13. Why should we hire you? 14. Where do you see yourself in two years? 15. What type of management style do you work best under? 16. What is your management style?

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Sample Open Ended and Behaviour Based Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself. 2. How would you describe yourself? 3. How would your boss/co-workers and/or subordinates describe you? 4. What motivates you? 5. What do you see as your strengths? 6. What do you see as your weaknesses? 7. What accomplishments are you particularly proud of? 8. What do you know about our company, industry and/or position? 9. Why are you interested in this position? 10. How would you define success in this role? 11. What things are most important to you in a job, manager and/or company? 12. Describe your ideal job. 13. Why should we hire you? 14. Where do you see yourself in two years? 15. What type of management style do you work best under? 16. What is your management style?

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Sample Open-Ended and Behaviour-Based Interview Questions

1. Tell me about yourself.


2. How would you describe yourself?
3. How would your boss/co-workers and/or subordinates describe you?
4. What motivates you?
5. What do you see as your strengths?
6. What do you see as your weaknesses?
7. What accomplishments are you particularly proud of?
8. What do you know about our company, industry and/or position?
9. Why are you interested in this position?
10. How would you define success in this role?
11. What things are most important to you in a job, manager and/or company?
12. Describe your ideal job.
13. Why should we hire you?
14. Where do you see yourself in two years?
15. What type of management style do you work best under?
16. What is your management style?
17. How do you motivate people?
18. What motivates you to do your best work?
19. How do you deal with conflict?
20. How do you deal with stress?
21. What type of working environment do you excel in?
22. Can you explain this gap in your employment history?
23. Can you explain why youve held so many positions in such a short period of
time?
24. In your most recent performance review, what areas were highlighted as being
your strengths and weaknesses? What steps have you taken to address your
weaknesses?
25. References are important to us. What will your manager tell us about your
strengths and weaknesses?
26. Why did you leave your last position? What type of reference will your previous
company provide?
27. What is your current salary? What are your salary expectations?
28. Give me an example of a difficult decision youve had to make in your position.
What made it difficult and what was the outcome?
29. Describe a specific problem youve encountered in your position. How did you go
about solving it?
30. Give me an example of when youve had to go above and beyond the call of duty
to get the job done.
31. Tell me about an occasion where you needed to work with a group of people to
get the job done.
32. Tell me about a time when youve been overloaded with work. How did you go
about prioritizing your tasks?
33. Give me an example of a high-pressure situation you faced in the last X months.
How did you handle it?

34. Describe a situation where you needed to get consensus. How did you go about
doing so?
35. Tell me about a time when people disagreed with your ideas. What did you do?
36. Have you ever had to sell an idea to your boss, team or co-workers? How did
you go about doing this? Did they buy in?
37. Give me an example of a time when your work was criticized in front of others.
How did you respond? What did you learn from this situation?
38. Give me an example of a situation when youve had to deal with a very difficult
client or boss. How did you go about dealing with the situation? Would you do
anything different next time?
39. Describe a complex project that you were assigned to. What approach did you
take to complete it? What was the outcome?
40. Give me an example of a time when you were faced with a stressful situation that
demonstrated your coping skills.

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