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Show 50 Commonly Asked Interview Questions sider to be your greatest strengths and weaknesses? 12. How would you describe yourself? 13. How do you think a friend or professor who knows you well would describe you? 14. What motivates you to put forth your greatest effort? 15. How has your college experience prepared you for a business career? 16. Why should I hire you? 17. What qualifications do you have that make you think that you will be successful in business? 18. How do you determine or evaluate success? 19. What do you think 1. What are your long it takes to be successful range and short range in a company like ours? goals and objectives, when and why did you 20. In what ways do establish these goals you think you can make and how are you prepar- a contribution to our ing yourself to achieve company? them? 21. What qualities should a successful 2. What specific manager possess? goals, other than those related to your occupa22. Describe the tion, have you estabrelationship that should lished for yourself for exist between a supervithe next 10 years? sor and subordinates. 23. What two or three 3. What do you see accomplishments have yourself doing five given you the most satyears from now? isfaction? 4. What do you REALLY want to do in 24. Describe your life? most rewarding college experience. 5. What are your long-range career objec25. If you were hirtives? ing a graduate for this position, what qualities 6. How do you plan would you look for? to achieve your career goals. 26. Why did you select your college or 7. What are the most university? important rewards you expect in your business 27. What led you to career? choose your field of major study? 8. What do you expect to be earning in 28. What college subfive years? jects did you like best? Why? 9. Why did you choose the career for 29. What college subwhich you are preparjects did you like least? ing? Why? 10. Which is more 30. If you could do important to you, the so, how would you plan money or the type of your academic study job? differently? Why? 11. What do you con31. What changes The purpose of an interview is for the interviewer to find out about you, the prospective employee. The employer wants to know about you in order to make a decision about hiring, and you want the employer to know about you so that the decision will be favorable. Listed below are fifty questions most frequently asked by employers during interviews. Read the questions and formulate your answers. A good interview often determines whether or not you get hired. Remember, nothing beats proper preparation. would you make in your college or university? 32. Do you have plans for continued study? An advanced degree? 33. Do you think that your grades are a good indication of your academic achievement? 34. What have you learned from participation in extracurricular activities? 35. In what kind of work environment are you most comfortable? 36. How do you work under pressure? 37. In what part-time work are you interested? Why? 38. How would you describe the ideal job for you following graduation? did you What is the ideal 3°^ f° r y° u following 3 graduation?11 tion with ^ ^ _ _ ^ ^ ^ this company? 40. What do you know about our company? 41. What two or three things are most important to you in your job? 42. Are you seeking employment in a company of a certain size? Why? 43. What criteria are you using to evaluate the company for which you hope to work? 44. Do you have a geographical prefer- ^ _ _ ^ ence? Why? 45. Will you relocate? Does relocation bother you? 46. Are you willing to travel? 47. Are you willing to spend at least six months as a trainee? 48. Why do you think you might like to live in the community in which are company is located? 49. What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it? 50. What have you learned from your mistake? Glanbia Glanbia Foods, Inc. is proud to be one of the largest Americanstyle cheese and nutritional whey products producers in the United States. A division of Glanbia pic, an international food company headquartered in Kilkenny, Ireland, we are based in the southern Idaho community of Twin Falls. If you would like to hear more about our fast-paced, high-tech production environment, we invite you to visit us at our display at the USU Spring Career Fair on Wednesday, March 7 from 9 a.m.~3 p.m. Interviews may be scheduled for the morning of March 8th. *••• n in 3 n o o |