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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Personal and Motivational Factors

1. Please tell me about yourself. How would you describe yourself?-

charming personality, adventures in nature etc.

2. Who or what had the greatest influence on your life?

3. What are some of the greatest personal challenges you have faced during
your lifetime?- LATE JOINING TO IBS KOLKATA

4. How would you handle rejection?- AN OPPURTUNITY TO LEARN

SOMETHING SO THAT IN FUTURE I CAN PUT MORE EFFORT TO ACHIVE
MY DESIRED OUTPUT.

5. What motivates you to put forward your greatest effort?- THE WAY MY
PARENTS ARE STRUGGLING TO EDUCATE ME HERE….

6. What does success mean to you?

7. How do you evaluate me as an interviewer? 10/10-BCOZ I FEEL THAT AT

THE TIME OF INTERVIEW, STUDENTS ARE VERY TENSED BUT THE WAY
YOU ARE PUTTING THE QUESTION OR PROVIDING THE SCENARIO OR
AMBIENCE, IS EXCELLENT.

8. What is the thing you like the most in the world? Why? PEACE AND
HARMONY BCOZ GOD HAS GIVEN US AN OPPURTUNITY TO LIVE IN THIS
WORLD IN A PEACEFUL MANNER, SO WE SHOULD STICK TO IT.

9. What is the thing you dislike the most in the world? Why? WAR BCOZ
WAGING A WAR RESULTS ONLY IN DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.

10.How can you easily adopt the changes in your life? VERY EASILY BCOZ I
AM A VERY FLEXIBLE PERSON…EXPLAIN THE LATE JOINING OF IBS.

11.Why should we hire an outsider if we can hire someone from within our
company? BCOZ AN OUTSIDER WILL SHOW MORE ENERGY TOWARDS
WORK, AS FOR HIM IT IS TOTALLY A NEW ENVIROMENT..

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12.Can you describe a recent situation in which you accomplished an
important objective in a brief period of time? SIP

13.Give an example of an important goal that you set in the past. Tell about
your success in reaching it.???

14.If there were one area you've always wanted to improve upon, what
would that be?- TO ACCEPT THAT FAILURE IS A PART OF ULTIMATE
SUCCESS.

15.How did you react when faced with constant time pressure? Give an
example.-LATE JOINING OF IBS

16.Give me some examples of how you have adapted your own

communicating style to deal with different people and situations.-SIP
• Types of customer:

 Dominating in nature: so I try to show the margin (with

data and facts) if he is going to keep our products.

 good listener: compare with the competitor products

 not a good listener: try to convince him through his

reference.

17.How do you measure your own effectiveness?-BY BEING A TEAM MEMBER

AND MY CONTRIBUTION ON ANY WORK. LIKE DURING SIP MY
CONTRIBUTION IS 35%.

18.Describe a situation that required you to do a number of things at the

same time. How did you handle it? LIKE DURING MY ENGG., WHEN WE
HAVE ORGANIZE INTER COLLEGE CRICKET TOURNAMENT….

 Make arrangement of lodging for students

 Make the arrangement for catering

 Need to see the transportation also

 at the same time, as I was the captain of my college team, I need

to motivate and inspire my team to win.

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19.How do you handle pressure?- by self motivating, by keeping patience
and by working hard on the given work.

20.How do you take challenges?- an opportunity where I can measure my

effectiveness, an opportunity to gain knowledge.

Knowledge of the Organization

21.Why did you select XYZ company? What are your expectations of the XYZ
company?- I expect that the company should provide a platform where I
can groom myself to achieve my long term goal.

22. What attracts you to this industry?

23. What do you know about our company? What do you want our training
programs over others?

24.In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our company?-

 First of all, I need to understand yours business requirement

 Expectation from me??

Skills and Abilities

25. What skills and abilities do you possess that will help make you
successful in today's job market?

26. Why should our organization hire you?

27. For you, what are some of the pros and cons of working on a team
project?

28. What kind of relationship should exist between a supervisor and those
reporting to him or her?

29. Who was the most difficult person you have ever dealt with, and how
did you respond?

30. How did your organize you time in school/work/play?

31. What are your major strengths and weaknesses?

32. In what organizational structure do you function best?

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33. Please tell me about your communication skills (or, problem solving
skills, leadership style).

34. What do you see as your greatest challenge when starting a new
career?

35. If you could create the perfect job for yourself, what would you be
doing?

36. What makes you think that you will be a good Manager?

Career Goals and Objectives

37. What are your short-range and long-range goals and objectives? How
are you preparing to achieve them?

38. What are your goals and aspirations for the next three years? Five
years?

39. Why do you think you would be good at this profession?

40. What interests you the least in this job role?

41. Are you willing to work in shifts?

Work Experiences

42. What prior work experiences have you had?

43. What were your accomplishments? What were your most significant
achievements?

44. What would your last two employers say about you as an employee,
either good or bad?

45. What projects were accomplished during your time on the job, and
how?

46. What experiences did you have when meeting deadlines?

47. What did you enjoy most about your previous job experiences? Least?

48. Can you tell me about your toughest job assignment?

49. Please tell me about a conflict situation and how you resolved it.

50. What kind of people do you find the most difficult to work with?

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51. Did you miss deadlines? How Often

52. Give me an example of when you had to go above and beyond the call
of duty in order to get a work done.

Extracurricular Activities and College Experiences

53. Please tell me about your accomplishments in extracurricular activities.

54. Please describe your most rewarding college experiences.

55. If you could relive your college experiences, what would you do
differently?

56. What changes would you make in your overall campus life?

57. What were your major responsibilities in campus organizations or

activities?

Academic Programs and Achievements

58. Why did you choose this major field of study? Why did you choose to
attend USF?

59. What were your favorite college courses? Least favorite? Why?

60. How would you relate your academic accomplishments to future career
aspirations?

61. What are your academic strengths? What courses gave you the most
difficulty?

62. What is your grade point average? How do you feel about this?

63. Do you think your grades are a good indicator of your future career
potential?

64. What electives did you take outside of your major? Why?

Accomplishments and Achievements

65. In addition to your educational and professional experiences, what else

would you like us to know about you in order to make an appropriate
decision?

66. What are your greatest achievements at this point in life? Of what
accomplishments are you most proud?

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Geographic Preferences

67. What geographical location interests you most when working?

68. Are you willing to relocate? Do you mind traveling?

Salary and Benefits

69. What starting salary do you expect as an employee?

70. How do you feel about an income made up totally of commissions?

71. When comparing one company offer to another, what factors will be
important to you besides salary?

Other Questions

72. What could you see as the major objective of this job?

73. If we hired you, how would you identify the major roles and
responsibilities of your new position?

74. What do you think it takes to be successful in an organization like

ours?

75. What is the worst thing that you have heard about our company?

SIP Questions

76. Tell me about your Summer Internship project. The response has to be
structured, covering the main points & for about 2 mins.

77. What was your contribution / value addition to the company?

78. What did you learn from your SIP & the major takeaways?

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