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Going on a job interview? You might try answering these questions aloud as a means of preparation.

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What are your greatest strengths as an employee?
3. Why should I hire you?
4. How has your education prepared you for employment?
5. What do you want to be doing in 5 years?
6. What kind of a job are you seeking?
7. What do you know about our company and operations?
8. In what activities have you participated in college? Which did you enjoy most?
9. Tell me about your major area of study.
10. What is the most important thing you have learned in school?
11. How do you spend your spare time? What are your hobbies? Why?
12. Why do you want to work for our company?
13. What are your greatest strengths?
14. What are your greatest weaknesses?
15. What jobs have you held?
16. How did you find your last job?
17. How did you hear about this opening?
18. Why did you leave your last job?
19. What courses in college did you like the best? Least? Why?
20. Why did you choose your particular line of work?
21. Why should we hire you instead of some other candidate?
22. How much of your college education did you finance yourself?
23. How did you spend vacations while in school?
24. What qualifications do you have that make you think you will be successful?
25. Why should we hire you?
26. What kind of salary do you expect?
27. How do you feel about travel?
23. If I hire you, what is something I need to be careful about?
28. Have you ever taken anything from a place where you worked?
29. Tell me about yourself.
30. What do your friends say about you?
31. If I called your last supervisor, what would she say about you?
32. What is your philosophy of life?
33. Do you work best independently or with supervision?
34. What questions do you have?
35. What do you want to be in 10-15 years?
36. What are the three things you look for in a job?
37. Are you best working with people, data, or things? Explain.
38. What are your major weaknesses?
39. What questions do you have of me?
40. Is there anything else you want to discuss?