OSU Human Resources: Sample Interview Questions for Effective Hiring, Study notes of Job Interviewing Techniques and Skills

Download OSU Human Resources: Sample Interview Questions for Effective Hiring and more Study notes Job Interviewing Techniques and Skills in PDF only on Docsity! OSU Human Resources Reviewed March 2019 Sample Interview Questions The following sample questions are only a few suggestions to enhance your interviews: 1. What three accomplishments do you take pride in most? 2. Would you rather have a lot of control over how you do your job or would you prefer to have expectations clearly spelled out by your superiors? 3. How do you define success? Give me an example. 4. Tell me about a time when you went above and beyond what was required of your position. 5. Give me an example of how you set specific work goals? 6. Do you believe employee or employer loyalty is as strong as it once was? What can the employer and employee do to strengthen loyalty? 7. Tell me about a time when circumstances for a project changed at the last minute and you were asked to work outside of normal hours. What did you do? 8. Describe the type management style you prefer from your supervisor? 9. What do you do to keep current of developments that impact your field? How many seminars have you attended in the past year and on what topics? What have you learned? 10. How do you feel about making tough decisions? What makes a decision tough for you? 11. In situations when there is no clear-cut good outcome to a decision, some managers believe that in these cases no decision can be a good decision. How do you feel about this? 12. Tell me about a time when you had limited resources and were able to bring a project to the finish line. 13. Describe the most challenging work problem you faced in your last job. 14. Tell me about a time when you had to adjust to a colleague’s working style in order to complete a project successfully. 15. Describe a situation when working with others produced more successful results than if you had completed the project on your own. 16. What are your strengths when interacting with people on the job? What could you do to make your interaction better? 17. Recount a time when you worked with a colleague who was not doing their share of the work. How did you handle it? 18. Describe a situation where you had to deliver bad news to a customer. 19. Think of a situation you’ve been in that required an ability to think on your feet. What was the situation and how did you respond?