Client Interview questions
Achievements
Past
Do you have accomplishments you are proud of?
What have been your biggest accomplishments to date (work ands then personal)?
Most recent successes?
What have been your greatest disappointments
What was your most significant accomplishment in your last position?
What are your 2 or 3 biggest strengths?
Future
Are you willing to take risks?
What risks have you undertaken recently?
Motivations
Are you a competitive person?
Describe two things that motivate you at work?
Does competition increase your desire to succeed?
Have you received any recognition for significant accomplishments at work?
How important are promotions and advancement to you?
Is recognition important to you?
What are your motivations?
Would you describe yourself as motivated more by your goals or by money?
Describe what success means to you.
Tell me about your recent successes
Would you define yourself as a self-starter?, if so why?
Behaviour
Describe a work situation in which you were not proud of your performance. What did you learn from this mistake?
Describe an important goal you have set and tell me how you reached it.
Given a situation when you disagree with your supervisor, how would you deal with it?
How many hours a week does it normally take you to get your work done?
You’ve changed jobs quite frequently, what assurances do we have that you will stay with us?
Creativity
Are you an innovator?
Are you creative?
What was your most creative idea?
Education and Training
Tell me about your educational background?
Has it been useful to you?
Have you ever taken any training for work?
Was that useful and did you use what you learned? In what way was that?
Are you willing and patient enough to spend the next 3 – 6 month training and developing your skills?
Experience and Responsibilities
Are you experienced in making visits to clients?
Are you experienced in making presentations?
Describe a typical workday. (The structure)
What experiences led you to choose this occupation?
What have you learned on your current job?
What was the most interesting job you’ve had? Why?
Goals
Describe your most significant goal that you have yet to achieve?
Did you reach goals that you have set so far?
How did you reach goals you have set so far?
Have you set goals for the next year – If yes what are they?
How did you set goals for next year?
Do you have goals to become a manager?
If you get hired, where do you hope to be five years from now?
Tell me about your career goals.
Tell me about your most important long-term goals.
What are your short term goals?
Interests
Describe the perfect job
Describe your ideal job based on the industry right now
If you could construct your own job within our company, what factors would you include?
What are your hobbies?
What are your interests? (or What types of activities do you like the best?)
Job Search
Does your current employer have any policies that you consider unfair?
Does your current employer know that you are interviewing for another job?
Have you had any other interviews? How many and who with? W
What did you like about them?
Have you seen our Web site?
What did you honestly think?
Do you know how long we have been in business?
Do you know what our core divisions are?
How did you prepare for this interview?
Tell me what you know about this organisation [company].
Describe our company for me? Where do you think that it is different from other recruitment organisations?
What interests you about our company?
What about our company do you like best?
How long have you been looking for a job?
How many interviews have you had? Any offers yet?
How soon could you begin work?
May I contact some of your references?
What do you think that your last employer would say about you if I asked them ‘off the record’?
Why are you interviewing with F10 do you think?
Money
Are you motivated by money?
Do you feel that money is the most important aspect of a job?
Is it the single most important factor to you?
Are you willing to work overtime?
Do you have a minimum salary for which you will work?
Are you able to work on commission?
Have you ever had financial problems?
How much money would you like to be earning in 12 months time?
How much do you think you expect to be making in five years time?
Flexibility
Have you ever had to meet a deadline of a project?
What are you prepared to do to meet an important deadline or target?
Do you prefer working for a large organisation or a small company? Why?
Organisation
Are you a very organized person?
Do you manage your time well?
How do you determine your priorities and plan your day?
Benefits to F10 Ltd
How can you best contribute to our company?
We are currently considering several people. Why should we hire you?
Sales Ability
Can you sell?
Describe an example of where you persuaded and reluctant customer?
Describe one of your most successful sales to date?
What is the most difficult thing that you have had to sell? Why – explain
Difficult Interview questions
Have you ever been had your employment terminated?
Have you ever come close to being fired?
Tell me about a public fall out with a supervisor or a colleague. What happened?
Have you ever lost your temper at work?
Have you ever been asked to do something that you felt uncomfortable with?
Have you ever been criticised by a supervisor?
What areas have you most regularly been criticised for in the past?
Are they areas of weakness?
What areas of criticism has helped you most in the past?
Are you always a happy person, generally a happy person or more of a serious person at work?
Are you a good loser?
Do you consider yourself to be above average in intelligence?
What areas of yourself would you most like to improve?
So what is your best quality?