Practice the most common interview questions in English with your teacher, and succeed in your English job interview.
Introduction
If you have an English-language job interview, you should be able to handle all of these questions comfortably. You and your teacher can create the perfect answer for each question. Practice giving your answers smoothly and confidently.
Warm Up
Tell your teacher about your career and the job you are applying for.
Language
Run through each question with the teacher. Take your time. You will need to use a few lessons.
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- Why are you interested in working for [insert company name here]?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years?
- Why do you want to leave your current company?
- Why was there a gap in your employment between [insert date] and [insert date]?
- What can you offer us that someone else can not?
- What are three things your former manager would like you to improve on?
- Are you willing to relocate?
- Are you willing to travel?
- Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of.
- Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
- What is your dream job?
- How did you hear about this position?
- What would you look to accomplish in the first 30 days/60 days/90 days on the job?
- Discuss your resume.
- Discuss your educational background.
- Describe yourself.
- Tell me how you handled a difficult situation.
- Why should we hire you?
- Why are you looking for a new job?
- Would you work holidays/weekends?
- How would you deal with an angry or irate customer?
- What are your salary requirements?
- Describe a time when you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.
- Who are our competitors?
- What was your biggest failure?
- What motivates you?
- What is your availability?
- Who is your mentor?
- Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss.
- How do you handle pressure?
- What is the name of our CEO?
- What are your career goals?
- What gets you up in the morning?
- What would your direct reports say about you?
- What were your previous bosses’ strengths/weaknesses?
- If I called your boss right now and asked them what area you could improve on, what would they say?
- Are you a leader or a follower?
- What was the last book you read for fun?
- What are your pet peeves about co-workers?
- What are your hobbies?
- What is your favorite website?
- What makes you uncomfortable?
- What are some of your leadership experiences?
- How would you fire someone?
- What do you like the most and the least about working in this industry?
- Would you work 40+ hours a week?
- What questions haven’t I asked you?
- What questions do you have for me?
Source: Forbes Magazine