1. What are your long-range and short-range goals and objectives, when and why did you establish these goals, and how are you preparing yourself to achieve them?
2. What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
3. What do you really want to do in life?
4. What are the most important rewards you expect in your career?
5. What do you expect to be earning in five years?
6. What did you choose the career for which you are preparing?
7. Which is more important to you, the money or the type of job?
8. What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
9. How would you describe yourself?
10. How do you think a friend or professor who knows you would describe you?
11. How has your college experience prepared you for a career?
12. Why should I hire you?
13. What qualifications do you have that make you think you will be successful?
14. How do you determine or evaluate success?
15. What do you think it takes to be successful in a company like ours?
16. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our company?
17. Describe the relationship that should exist between a supervisor and those reporting to him or her.
18. What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why?
19. If you were hiring a graduate for this position, what qualities would you look for?
20. Why did you select your college or university?
21. What led you to choose your field or major study?
22. What college subjects did you like most? Why?
23. What college subjects did you like least? Why?
24. If you could do so, how would you plan your academic study differently? Why?
25. What changes would you make in your college or university? Why?
26. Do you have plans for continued study? An advanced degree?
27. What have you learned from participation in extracurricular activities?
28. In what kind of a work environment are you most comfortable?
29. How do you work under pressure?
30. How would you describe the ideal job for you following graduation?
31. Why did you decide to seek a position with this company?
32. What do you know about our company?
33. What two or three things are most important to you in your job?
34. What criteria are you using to evaluate the company for which you hope to work?
35. What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it?
36. What have you learned from your mistakes?