Interview question brainstorm help?
When it comes to interview questions, it's smart to think ahead. FGB'ers, can you share some of your most common, difficult and/or memorable interview questions here? Let's help each other knock our next interviews out of the park.
My most common questions: Why should we hire you? & What are your salary requirements?
My most thought-provoking question: Tell me about a time you took unexpected initiative. Follow-up: Can you tell me about another?
My most memorable question: What book are you reading right now?
Please share where you can and thank you!
Shannon Nuss
Senior Rooms Operations Manager
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11/18/19 at 12:35PM UTC
One I’ve started adding is ‘tell me about a time when your personal interests (hobbies, social interests) helped you to connect with a client/guest in a personal way. Helps me to get to know the person on a deeper level as well as make sure they are able to connect with people, which is key in my industry (hospitality)
Anonymous
12/01/19 at 3:29AM UTC
Great idea!
Sandra DiazI leverage data and systems to deliver results.
765
10/20/19 at 12:31AM UTC
Most common: tell me about yourself and walk me through your resume. Pitfall is that most people answer with a lot of information that does not relate to the results that the employer would like the person to deliver. Another pitfall is not to end the answer with a question to probe fit such as "how important are these types of outcomes for the challenges your team is facing?"
Not Applicable
368
10/18/19 at 11:58AM UTC
I was once asked, “what do you like least about working in marketing?” I was thrown for a loop since I was applying to a marketing coordinator position and didn’t want to fumble it.
I told the interviewer that that was a great question and paused to think about it (which I always recommend — but not too long) and thought about the fact they hadn’t mentioned sales in the job description (but I had to deal with sales in marketing in my last position that was very similar to this job) so I went with that and explained that I did get a good handle on sales but it just wasn’t my favorite task to deal with.
She responded, “well, good news because this position won’t be required to handle sales.” I don’t know if that was well played or not on my end, but I got the job!
Anonymous
10/17/19 at 6:15PM UTC
"Tell me about a time you've helped solve a problem at work! "
Yvonne Ruby
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10/17/19 at 5:45PM UTC
The most common questions get me: Why should we hire you?; List 3 good traits and 3 bad ones about yourself.
Honestly, I have a serious difficult time with these questions because with the 'feedback' I've received at previous jobs or elsewhere, it doesn't really help me in naming traits and describing how awesome I am...! haha - These are my downfall I think because sometimes I tell them, "I can't really think of anything," which is true since at that moment NOTHING comes to mind... Ugh! haha HELP
Anonymous
12/01/19 at 3:30AM UTC
It's easy to freeze when asked on the spot!
