Personal Traits

Tell me something about yourself Tell me something about yourself that is not on your CV Whats your greatest strength? Whats your greatest weakness? Why do you think we should NOT hire you? How have you leveraged your strengths in MBA or at your workplace? Tell me about a time when your work load was heavy. How did you complete all your work? Tell me about a time when you had to accomplish a task with someone who was particularly difficult to get along with. How do you accept direction and, at the same time, maintain a critical stance regarding your ideas and values? What are some examples of activities and surroundings that motivate you? Tell me how you handled an ethical dilemma. Tell me about a time when you had to resolve a problem with no rules or guidelines in place. Why should I hire you?/How are you better than any of your peers? How do you make yourself indispensable to a company? How do you handle stress and pressure? What motivates you? What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make? If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what would they say? Do you prefer to work independently or on a team? Give some examples of team work. What type of work environment do you prefer? Describe a difficult work situation / project and how you overcame it. How do you evaluate success? Is location a constrain?

What are the subjects that you studied during your management Program? How did these subjects add value to you? Why did you choose SPJCM / one year MBA course over SPJIMR / two year MBA course? Why did you choose this course?/ What is different about this course ? What was your favorite subject during your course and why did you like it?

Previous Company/Employer/Job/Responsibilities accomplishments

Talk briefly about your work experience, your work profile / Name of company, position title and description, dates of employment. What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were they met? What was your contribution to your last employer? What were your starting and final levels of compensation? What were your responsibilities? What did you learn from your work in your last company? What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them? Which was most / least rewarding? What was the biggest accomplishment / failure in this position? What was it like working for your supervisor? What were his strengths and shortcomings? Why are you leaving your job? Why were you fired? Describe a typical work week. Explain us the projects you have handled so far. How many hours do you normally work? How would you describe the pace at which you work? How would you define a leader , cite examples in the past where you have demonstrated leadership (previous organization Having learned the management concepts what would you have done differently in your previous work

Resume related
Run me through the CV

Career planning
What do you see yourself doing five/ten years from now?

The Current Company/Job/Contribution

Why do you want to work here? What are your salary expectations? What interests you about this job? Why do you want this job? What applicable attributes / experience do you have? How can you add value to our organization? Where do you rate our company vis--vis companies? What is the kind of role you are looking for? Are you overqualified for this job Where do you see yourself in the company after 5-10 years?