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How did you choose the school you
attend?
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What were your
favorite courses in school?
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What were your
least favorite courses? Why?
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What made you
decide to have an accounting major?
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What was your grade point average?
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How did you obtain your current
position?
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Are you interested in continuing your
education?
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How do you feel about working
overtime?
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What outside activities are you
involved in?
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Describe your analytical abilities,
give an example.
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What do you feel would be your
immediate contributions to our firm?
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What is your
greatest strength?
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How do you feel about your job
progression to this point?
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What are some of the things in a job
that are important to you?
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What were you doing during the period
not covered on your resume?
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What would you like to avoid in a
job? Why?
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What do you feel you could most
approve upon?
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Why do you feel you are ready to take
on greater responsibilities?
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What motivates you?
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Do you consider your job progression
representative of your ability?
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What do you feel were you supervisor’s
strengths? Where could he/she have done better?
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Why did you leave your previous job?
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How has your supervisor evaluated your
performance?
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Why should we hire you?
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What are your general impressions of
your current employer?
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If I called your supervisor, what
would he/she say about you?
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Tell me about your performance
interviews.
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How do you compare to your peer group?
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Are there certain things you feel more
confident in doing?
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Do you have any questions for me?
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When would you be available to start
work?
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How would you describe your leadership
skills?
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Tell me about yourself…
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What can I do for you?
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What can you do for us? Why are you
interested in our company?
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What do you know about our company?
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Where do you want to be three years
from now? Five years from now?
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Tell me about your present job.
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Describe your ideal position.
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What do you feel are your major
accomplishments?
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Have you ever been fired?
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What kind of environment to you work
best in/
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What personal computers and software
can you work with?
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What are some of the things you find
difficult about your job?
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What frustrates you the most? Why?
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What were some of the positives of
your last job? Negatives?
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What strengths can you bring to the
job?
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What are your weaknesses?
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Describe the most difficult situation
you ever faced on the job and how you resolved it.
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Who does the
company sell their products to?
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What market does
the company appeal to?
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Who are your main competitors?
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What has been the growth of the
company in the past?
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Is the company attempting to penetrate
any new markets?
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What are the company’s future revenue
and profit projections?
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How do you see the future growth of
the company?
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What are the responsibilities of the
position?
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To whom does this position report?
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What are your expectations of my
performance on the job?
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How many employees are there in this
facility?
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Do you have other facilities?
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What happened to the person who had
this job?
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What are the biggest challenges facing
your department?
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How long have you been with the
company? What is your background?
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What is your philosophy regarding
employee development?
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What are the backgrounds of the people
in the department know?
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What is your management style?
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May I meet the supervisor? (Your
boss)
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What skills are important for
successful performance in this job?
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Where do you see this person advancing
to within the company?
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Do you have any questions or concerns
about my background?
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Do you see me fitting into the
position?
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What is the performance appraisal
process?
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What is the next step?
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What is most important to you in a
successful relationship with your subordinates?
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Lack of professional appearance.
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Lack of sincere interest and
enthusiasm about the company, the position, and the opportunity.
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Overemphasis on money; giving the
impression that the highest dollar offer is of primary importance.
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Talks unfavorably or complains about
past employers or supervisors.
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Poor eye contact; failure to look at
the interviewer when conversing.
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Loses enthusiasm for the position
during the interview instead of having a sincere, enthusiastic
attitude throughout the whole interview.
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Does not do homework and read company
information, consequently, does not ask relevant business
questions about the position, company, and career opportunity.
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Indefinite or evasive response to
questions.
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Poor communication skills; inability
to express oneself clearly, canned, yes or no answers.
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Overaggressive, cocky attitude;
instead of being assertive, confident, and decisive.
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Passive indifferent, laid back
attitude.
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Lack of career planning; does not have
definite two and five year goals.
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Unwilling to start at the bottom; has
the attitude “maybe I will consider your job”.
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Inability to accept constructive
criticism.
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Lack of sensitivity, empathy, or
courtesy; does not have a give and take attitude.
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Poor voice modulation; talks monotone.
