Social interview questions
Personal details
7
1 |
Tell me about yourself? |
2 |
What has been your biggest success? |
3 |
What has been your biggest regret? |
4 |
What are your strengths and qualities? |
5 |
Could you name a few weak points you have? |
6 |
What gives you energy from work? |
7 |
What do you think you have to learn this year? |
Work
5
1 |
What are your responsibilities in your current job? |
2 |
What did you like or dislike about your current job? |
3 |
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? |
4 |
Why did you leave your past jobs? |
5 |
Have you ever been fired? Why? |
Education
4
1 |
Why did you choose your study? |
2 |
If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same study again? |
3 |
Why did you choose your major in college? |
4 |
What is the most important lesson you learned during your studies? |
Websites
3
1 |
What kind of websites you usually visit? Why. |
2 |
Do you have a personal website? What goals do you have with it? |
3 |
What steps did you go through to create your website? |
Languages
4
1 |
How and where did you pick up your languages? |
2 |
Could we continue this interview in this language? |
3 |
What is the last website you visited or book you read in this language? |
4 |
How do you keep your knowledge up to date in this language? |
Interests
4
1 |
What are you passionate about? |
2 |
What are your dreams in life? |
3 |
What do you want to be ultimately? |
4 |
What do you want to learn here? |
Inspirational people
5
1 |
Who has been your greatest inspiration in life, why did this person inspire you? |
2 |
Who was your best boss/coworker and who was the worst? Why |
3 |
What do you think about your previous boss? |
4 |
What makes a person inspiring or motivational for you? |
5 |
Do you think you are an inspiration to others? |
Books
5
1 |
What kind of books you read in general? |
2 |
What is the last book you have read? Tell me why you liked or disliked it |
3 |
How do you continue learning at work or in life? |
4 |
Which books have you read to improve yourself last year? |
5 |
What kind of books don’t you like? |
Groups
4
1 |
Do you work better in a team, with one partner or solo? |
2 |
Tell me about sports you do? Are you group oriented? How does this show? |
3 |
Are you a sociable person? Give me an example that shows you are social |
4 |
Have you recently been to a reception or another social event? How did you spend your time? |
Likes
4
1 |
Tell me what you like to do most in life? |
2 |
What do you like to do for fun? |
3 |
What do you like about your current job? |
4 |
What do you like more: money or inspirational work? |
General
5
1 |
Why do you want to work in this company/industry? |
2 |
How much have you been absent from your last job? |
3 |
What is your current salary? |
4 |
How would you rate me as an interviewer? What would you have done different? |
5 |
Do you have any questions for me? |
