Possible Interview Questions

Possible Interview Questions

• Why did you choose to study a degree in ________? Which part of it have you enjoyed most?


• Why did you choose to study this at Dundee?


• Why do you want to work for/ undertake postgraduate study in _____________?


• Tell me about a time when you have had to work to a deadline?


• How would your friends describe you?


• What have you gained from your degree?


• Tell me about your role in ...... (part time job / work experience)


• Who are our main competitors?


• Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?


• Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult customer. What was the outcome?


• What would you say are your 2 greatest strengths? What would be your biggest weakness?


• What are you reading at present? Tell me about the main character - do you like them?


• Talk me through a time when you had to organise something? Was it successful?


• What have you found most challenging about being at University?


• How do you think you will fit into our organisation?


• I notice from your application/CV that you repeated a year at University - why was this?


• I notice from your application/CV that you changed course - why did you decide to do this? Was this a good decision?


• Would you feel comfortable presenting your findings at work to a group of senior managers/ directors?


• Have you had to deliver presentations at University? Talk me through what you think makes a good presentation?


• Would you describe yourself as computer literate?


• What do think a typical "day in the life of an accountant/doctor/teacher/farmer etc" involves?


• How would you cope with the tedious work of a lab technician? Can you use X equipment?


• Why did you decide to apply to work for ___________? Who else have you applied to?


• If you were in the middle of working through a difficult piece of work with a 4 pm deadline today and I asked you to stop and join me for a coffee - how would you react?


• What biscuit best describes you?


• Are you prepared to relocate if we ask you to?


• Tell me about yourself?


• What attracts you to a career with Company X /a career in journalism?


• When you leave education do you intend to continue...playing hockey / going clubbing?