How to interview like a top MBA (Question List)

** General Resume Questions

1) Tell me about your management experience.
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2) What did you like/dislike about your last job?
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3) In your last job, what were some of the things you spent most of your time on, and why?
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4) What are the broad responsibilities of a XXX position?
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5) Take me through your resume, starting with your first full time job. (or “Describe your career progression to date.”)
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6) Compare and contrast your experience at your last two jobs.
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7) Tell me how you moved up through the organization?
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8) Tell me about your management experience.
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9) What is the least relevant job you have held?
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**Questions about Career Goals

1) Where do you see yourself in five/ten years? (or “What are your short-term goals or long-term goals?”)
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2) What are you looking for in your next job?
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3) What would you like to be doing five years from now?
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** Questions about the Available Job

1) What are you looking for in this job?
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2) What is your understanding of this position and what skills do you bring to the position?
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3) Why are you seeking to change jobs?
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4) What types of job responsibilities do you find to be most rewarding? Why?
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5) What types of job responsibilities do you find to be most frustrating? Why?
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6) Why do you want to work here?
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7) What interests you most about this job?
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8) What makes this job different from your current/last one?
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9) Can you work under pressure?
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10) Does your company know you are looking?
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11) Have you done the best work you are capable of doing?
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12) How does this job compare with others you have applied for?
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13) Why are you interested in this firm? (or “Why do you want to work here?”)
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14) Why are you seeking a change now?
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15) What will you contribute to this workplace? (or “What kind of experience do you have for this job?”)
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16) How long would you stay with the company? (or “How long do you expect to be at this firm?”)
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17) How do you view our company?
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18) Where do you see this industry going?
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19) What do you consider our mission to be?
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** Questions about Your Education

1) In what ways do you believe your undergraduate major helped prepare you for this position?
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2) What was your favorite course in college?
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3) Why did you choose the college you attended?
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** Questions about Your Qualifications

1) What attributes will make you a valued presence at our company?
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2) Describe a tough problem that you have dealt with, tell me how you approached it and the outcome.
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3) Tell me about a time when your manager was unavailable and you had to solve an immediate problem. What did you do and what was the outcome?
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4) Tell me about a project you have been responsible for and how you organized the necessary paperwork, tasks, goals, etc.
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5) Tell me about a decision you made that your supervisor disagreed with. How did you handle it?
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6) How do you deal with difficult or demanding managers/co-workers/customers? Describe a situation.
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7) Tell me about a time when you felt you had to break a company rule in order to get something done.
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8) What do you consider your most significant accomplishment?
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9) “Why do you believe you are qualified for this position?
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10) Have you ever accomplished something you didn’t think you could?
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11) What do you like or dislike most about your current position?
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12) In what areas do you need to develop professionally?
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13) What is your greatest professional strength? (or “What are your outstanding qualities?” or “What are your biggest accomplishments?”)
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14) What are the reasons for your success in this profession?
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15) How long would it take you to make a contribution to our company?
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16) What are your qualifications?
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17) Why should I hire you? (or “What can you do for us that someone else cannot do?”)
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18) What is your greatest professional weakness? (or “What could you have improved about your performance in your last job?”)
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19) If there is something we might be concerned about in your resume, what would it be?
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20) You seem overqualified for this position. We think you may have a problem with the reduction in your responsibilities. What do you think about this?
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** Questions about Your Leadership

1) Tell me about a situation at work in which you led a team well.
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2) Tell me about a situation at work in which you experienced conflict and how you resolved it.
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3) Describe a situation in which you faced an ethical challenge in the workplace and how you resolved it.
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4）How do you handle difficult employees or co-workers?
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4) What type of management style do you prefer (hands-on, frequent supervision, minimal supervision, etc.) and why?
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5) How do you motivate subordinates?
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6) How do you handle tension?
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7) Tell me about a time when you exhibited initiative.
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8) Tell me about a time when you solved an important problem in the workplace.
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9) How do you organize and plan for major projects?
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10) What aspects of your job do you consider most crucial?
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11) Describe how your job relates to the overall goals of your department and company?
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12) How do you deal with stressful situations at work?
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13) What type of decisions did you make on your last job?
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14) Describe a difficult problem you have had to deal with?
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15) How do you define success in a team project?
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16) Describe an unsuccessful project you have been involved with at work, and assess why it was not successful.
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17) How do you help ensure that your employees meet project deadlines?
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18) What is the central skill you employ in your current job?
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19) How do you balance client needs with company goals?
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20) How do you deal with difficult clients?
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21) What elements make a work environment positive?
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22) What have you done to make your current work environment more of a positive place to work?
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23) In your experience, what elements make for an excellent team member?
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24) Under what conditions would you fire someone?
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** Questions about Your Career Progression

1) Why were you at that particular job such a short time?
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2) You have moved jobs often in the past four years. What explains that?
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** Questions about Losing or Leaving Your Job

1) Why are you leaving your current position
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3) Have you ever been fired?
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4) Why were you fired? (or “Why were you terminated?”)
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5) Have you ever been asked to resign?
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6) Were you ever dismissed from your job for a reason that seemed unjustified?
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7) How long have you been looking for another position?
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** Personal Questions

1) How do you seek to balance work and home life?
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2) What do you do outside of work?
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3) What was the last book you read? How did it affect you?
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4) Whom do you most admire?
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5) What early experiences led you on your current career track?
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6) What is your favorite hobby? (or “What is your favorite extracurricular activity?”)
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** Personality Questions

1) What did you like/dislike about your boss, or co-workers.
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2) How would you describe yourself? (or “Name three adjectives that describe you.”)
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3) What is your greatest weakness/strength?
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4) What motivates you?
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5) How would your friends/teammates/supervisor describe you?
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6) What makes you unique?
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7) Give me a recent example of constructive criticism you have received at work from a supervisor.
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** End-of-interview Questions

1) Where else are you interviewing?
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2) Do you have any questions about our company?
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3) What additional questions can I answer for you?
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4) Is there anything else you’d like to tell me before we conclude this interview?
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