Interview Tips

Here’s some general interview questions:

  • Why are you interested in the job?
  • Which technologies have you used or specialities do you have that would be particularly relevant for this job?
  • What unique skills can you bring to the organisation?
  • What do you know about the company? (i.e. mission, role, target audience)
  • What makes you think that you would be good in this role?
  • What aspects least appeal to about this role?
  • How do you hope to develop in this role?
  • What changes would you make if given this job (policies/procedures)?
  • Have you experience of this sort of role?

About you

  • Tell me about yourself.
  • What are your strengths and weaknesses?
  • How do you motivate others?
  • Would you describe yourself as a team player?

Previous experience

  • What were the key responsibilities in your last job?
  • How successful do you feel you were?
  • What do you rate as your best achievement to date?
  • What is your worst professional failure?
  • What did you enjoy most about your previous job?
  • What do you do particularly well?
  • Can you describe a difficult problem and how you dealt with it?
  • Why do you wish to leave your current job?

About the company business sector

  • What do you see as the most important current trends in the sector?
  • What do you think the impact of recent changes/developments will be?

Scenario

  • What would you do if:
    • You got behind schedule and there were a variety of jobs needing to be completed?
    • You had an important deadline/meeting but were unable to make it into work?