Most Asked Interview Questions

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=946560" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="31800640egdysm.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Message </b></FONT><B>   |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Message"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Most Asked Interview Questions</I></div> <bR> <div> Taken from 4 major companies, from the University of Arkansas’ </div> <div> most asked questions list, and from Academic sources that report the most frequently asked questions.</div> <bR> <div> 1.     What have you done in the last year to grow professionally?</div> <div> 2.     What kinds of things cause you stress and upset you on the job?</div> <div> 3.     Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?</div> <div> 4.     Why did you leave your last job?</div> <div> 5.     What do you think of your old boss?</div> <div> 6.     What led you to choose your field of study?</div> <div> 7.     Do you think that your grades a goo indication of your academic achievements?</div> <div> 8.     Tell me about your most recent accomplishment.</div> <div> 9.     Describe your best boss.</div> <div> 10.     What is the most useful job related criticism you’ve ever received?</div> <div> 11.     What level of pressure are you willing to tolerate on the job?</div> <div> 12.     Tell me about any experience you’ve had in turning a stagnant or failing operation into a success.</div> <div> 13.     What do you believe is the proper balance between employee freedom and supervisor control?</div> <div> 14.     Tell me about a difficult problem you were able to solve.</div> <div> 15.     What area of your work do you think needs improvements or what skills do you feel you still need to develop?</div> <div> 16.     If I had three of your colleagues here, how would they describe you?</div> <div> 17.     In what type work environment do you feel you are most productive?</div> <div> 18.     Regular work schedules are often upset by unforeseen circumstances.  Can you tell me about a disruption recently?  How did you handle it?</div> <div> 19.     What pressures do you feel in your job?  How did you handle it?</div> <div> 20.     Why do you think you’re a better worker than most?</div> <div> 21.     Why should I hire you instead of other candidates who have similar credentials?</div> <div> 22.     If I called your current supervisor for a reference on you, what would he say about you?</div> <div> 23.     If you could design your own job, what would your major responsibilities entail?</div> <div> 24.     List three characteristics of a good supervisor.</div> <div> 25.     What kind of boss don’t you like?  What kind of boss do you like?  Which is better?</div> <div> 26.     How do your co-workers see you and what would they say is your strongest personal characteristic?</div> <div> 27.     Tell me about a time when you had an adversarial relationship and how the differences were resolved.</div> <div> 28.     If you could write your own job description for this position, what would it say?</div> <div> 29.     Tell me about a risk you have taken, what was the outcome and how did you deal with it?</div> <div> 30.     Describe an experience where your employer/company was criticized internally or externally.  What was your involvement in that situation?  How did you respond?  What was the nature of the criticism?  What was the final outcome?  How did you feel about it?</div> <div> 31.     Describe your personal philosophy about business-like appearance and grooming for the work place.</div> <div> 32.     Describe the most significant change you have had to adjust to in your previous employment.  What was the change?  Why did the change occur?  What adjustments did you have to make in performing your duties?  Was the change justified?  Was the change successful?  What were the results for you, your co-workers and the company?</div> <div> 33.     Share with me the most successful experience you have had in completing a project or assignment.  What direction and guidance did you have?  How did you prepare the follow through?  Did you have to depend on others?  What was the result?  Were you recognized for your efforts?</div> <div> 34.     Relate to me a time when your initiative positively affected the outcome or results of a situation in the work place.  What was the problem or situation?  What responsibility did you have to the company?  Why did you think it was appropriate or necessary for you to get involved?  How did others perceive your initiative?  Did you make a difference in the outcome?  Why do you think you did the right thing?  What would you do differently next time?</div> <div> 35.     Give me an actual example of when others were wasting time and you were affected in getting your work done.  How did you react to this?  What did you think about being involved in this situation?  How did you feel about those co-workers who were wasting time?  What resulted from the problem?</div> <div> 36.     Give me an actual example of a time when you feel you contributed to a positive work environment.  What did you do, in your opinion, that contributed to good employee relation?  What do you think the perception of your manager would be in this regard?  Were your efforts at employee relations consistent with the goals and philosophy of the company?  What levels of staff were you relating to at the time?</div> <div> 37.     Tell me about the greatest accomplishment you have experienced as a member of a team.  How did you feel about the success of the team?  What recognition or reward was their individually or collectively?  Who really deserved the credit for the team’s success?  What made the team so successful?</div> <div> 38.     Share with me a situation in your work experience where you believe your communicating effectively helped to avoid or solve a problem.  Who did you communicate with?  How complicated was the problem?  In what kind of setting did most of the communication take place?  What course of action was taken to avoid or solve the problem?  How do you think others perceived your communication in that situation?</div> <div> 39.     Describe a situation where it was important for you to communicate with someone you did not particularly like.  How did you approach the situation?  What barriers did you have to overcome?  How did the other person respond?  What was the results?</div> <div> 40.     Tell me about your most gratifying experience while involved in community activities.  What did you gain from it personally?  How did others benefit from the activity?  What business benefit was there from your involvement?  How did it contribute to the quality of life in your community?</div> <div> 41.     Tell me about yourself. (Tip:  Don’t get trapped!  Ask specifically what the interviewer would like to know about you).</div> <div> 42.     How long would you stay with us?  (Tip:  Be positive.  Say something such as "I look at this opportunity as the beginning of a permanent relationship").</div> </td> </tr></table></body>