The Interview Questions u will face?

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Questions for Headhunters and Recruiters ----------------------------------------- How did you find me? Is this a retainer or contingency assignment? Are you dealing with the client’s HR people, or do you have direct contact with the hiring manager? How long has the client been with you? How many candidates have you placed with this client? When will I find out the name of the principal or client company? May I have a written job description? Where is the position located? Where is the company headquartered? To whom does the position report? Can you tell me about this executive’s management style? Why is the position open? What happened to the person who previously held this position? Is this a new position? How long has the position been open? How long have you been working on the assignment? What does the position pay? Are here any pay or compensation constraints that I should take into consideration? What can you tell me about the person who will be interviewing me? What is his or her position, title, management style? Who will make the final hiring decision? After you present my resume, when can I expect to hear from you regarding the status of this position? Can you describe, specifically, how the company navigates/balances work? and personal-life issues? What might I do that would violate the culture of the company during my interview? Questions for HR ----------------- Why do you enjoy working for this company? What attracted you to this organization? Can you describe the work environment here? How do you describe the philosophy of the company or organization? What do you consider to be the organization’s strengths and weaknesses? Can you tell me more about my day-to-day responsibilities? How soon are you looking to fill this position? How do my skills compare with those of the other candidates you have interviewed? I have really enjoyed meeting with you and your team, and I am very interested in the opportunity. I feel my skills and experience would be a good match for this position. What is the next step in your interview process? Before I leave, is there anything else you need to know concerning my ability to do this job? In your opinion, what is the most important contribution that this company expects from its employees? Is there a structured career path at the company? What are my prospects for advancement? If I do a good job, what is a logical next step? Assuming I was hired and performed well for a period of time, what additional opportunities might this job lead to? Do the most successful people in the company tend to come from one area of the company, such as sales or engineering, or do they rise from a cross section of functional areas? I know that for the position for which I am interviewing, the company decided to recruit from outside the organization. How do you decide between recruiting from within and going outside? How does this position relate to the bottom line? What advice would you give to someone in my position? What major problems are we facing right now in this department or position? Can you give me a formal, written description of the position? I’m interested in reviewing in detail the major activities involved and what results are expected. Does this job usually lead to other positions in the company? Which ones? Can you please tell me a little bit about the people with whom I’ll be working most closely? As I understand the position, the title as ________, the duties are _______, and the department is called ________. I would report directly to __________. Is that right? Can you talk about the company’s commitment to equal opportunity and diversity? Who are the company’s stars, and how was their status determined? How are executives addressed by their subordinates? What can you tell me about the prevailing management style? If you hired me, what would be my first assignment? Does the company have a mission statement? May I see iDoes the company have a mission statement? May I see it? Questions for Hiring Managers ------------------------------ Could you explain the company’s organizational structure? What is the organization’s plan for the next five years, and how does this department or division fit in? What specific skills from the person you hire would make your life easier? Will we be expanding or bringing on new products or new services that I should be aware of? What are some of the problems that keep you up at night? What are some of the skills and abilities you see as necessary for someone to succeed in this job? What would be a surprising but positive thing the new person could do in first 90 days? What challenges might I encounter if I take on this position? How does upper management perceive this part of the organization? What are your major concerns that need to be immediately addressed in this job? What do you see as the most important opportunities for improvement in the area I hope to join? What are the attributes of the job that you’d like to see improved? What are the organization’s three most important goals? What is your company’s policy on attending seminars, workshops, and other training opportunities? How do you see this position impacting the achievement of those goals? What is the budget this department operates with? What attracted you to working for this organization? What committees and task forces will I be expected to participate in? What have you liked most about working here? How will my leadership responsibilities and performance be measured? By whom? What are the day-to-day responsibilities I’ll be assigned? Are there any weaknesses in the department that you are particularly looking to improve? What are the department’s goals, and how do they align with the company’s mission? What are the company’s strengths and weaknesses compared with the competition? (name one or two companies) How does the reporting structure work here? What are the preferred means of communication? What goals or objectives need to be achieved in the next six months? Can you give me an ideal of the typical day and workload and the special demands the job has? This a new position. What are the forces that suggested the need for this position? What areas of the job would you like to see improvement in with regard to the person who was most recently performing these duties? From all I can see, I’d really like to work here, and I believe I can add considerable value to the company. What’s the next step in the selection process? How does this position contribute to the company’s goals, productivity, or profits? What is currently the most pressing business issue or problem for the company or department? Would you describe for me the actions of a person who previously achieved success in this position? Would you describe for me the action of a person who previously performed poorly in this position? How would you describe your own management style? What are the most important traits you look for in a subordinate? How do you like your subordinates to communicate with you? What personal qualities or characteristics do you most value? Could you describe to me your typical management style and the type of employee who works well with you? Corporate culture is very important, but it’s usually hard to define until one violates it. What is one thing an employee might do here that would be perceived as a violation of the company’s culture? How would you characterize the organization? What are its principal values? What are its greatest challenges? How would you describe the experience of working here? If I were to be employed here, what one piece of wisdom would you want me to incorporate into my work life? What are a couple of misconceptions people have about the company? Work-life balance is an issue of retention as well as productivity. Can you talk about your own view of how to navigate the tensions between getting work done and encouraging healthy lives outside the office? How does the company support and promote personal and professional growth? What types of people seem to excel here? Every company contends with office politics. It’s a fact of life because politics is about people working together. Can you give me some exams of how politics plays out in this company? What have I yet to learn about this company and opportunity that I still need to know? I’m delighted to know that teamwork is highly regarded. But evaluating performance of teams can be difficult. How does the company evaluate team performance? For example, does it employ 360-degree feedback programs? What are the organization’s primary financial objectives and performance measures? What operating guidelines or metrics are used to monitor the planning process and the results? To what extent are those objectives uniform across all product lines? How does the company balance short-term performance versus long-term success? What kinds of formal strategic planning systems, if any, are in place? Can you describe the nature of the planning process and how decisions concerning the budgeting process are made? Can you identify the key corporate participants in the planning process? How often and in what form does the company report its results internally to its employees? In the recent past, how has the company acknowledged and rewarded outstanding performance? What are the repercussions of having a significant variance to the operating plan? Are budgeting decisions typically made at corporate headquarters, or are the decisions made in a more decentralized fashion? I’m glad to hear that I will be part of a team. Let me ask about reward structures for teams. Does the company have a formal team-based compensation process? Is the company more of an early adapter of technology, a first mover, or is it content to first let other companies work the bugs out and then implement a more mature version o