1. Tell me about yourself.
- Education
- Work experience/strengths
- A bridging statement to the current job
2. What are your strengths?
- Intellect
- Knowledge/experience
- Personality
- Motivation
3. What are your major weaknesses or limitations?
- Weaknesses that mirror your assets
- Weaknesses that can be easily remedied
4. What are your financial requirements?
- Money talks but don't talk about money
5. Why are you leaving/did you leave your current/last position?
6. What are your career goals for the next 3/5 years?
- Your drive and ambition
- Your goals vs. organizational goals
7. What kind of position are you looking for?
- Your understanding of the position?
- Highlight your strengths
8. Doesn't this job represent a step down from the level of your work now?
- Their concern: stop-gap measure? Your answer: your commitment
- Make it convincing: Your gain in broadened experience/branching out
9. What was your most significant accomplishment in your last job?
- Your baby with highly positive impact
10. Describe a time when you failed.
- Constructive learning experience
- Helped you acquire new skills
- Revealed strengths you did not know
11. How would you describe your management/supervisory style?
- Be honest
- Align with the organization
- Play it safe
12. How would you approach this job?
- Recognize that you need time to survey the new world
- Try to visualize yourself in the assignment
- Focus on first steps but not major problems
