Sample Prepared Questions

Job Interview Contest

General Questions:

1. Briefly give the panel a background of your qualifications, include courses taken, jobs held, etc…

2. Tell us about yourself.

3. What skills do you bring to the job that would benefit the company?

4. What experiences have you had related to this position?

5. Tell us about your work experience and how it related to this job.

6. Have you ever worked as part of a team? How did you handle it when one or two members of that team did not work to your level of expectation?

7. Why do you want to work for our company?

8. What types of activities have you been involved with during the past four years?

9. How does this position fit in your career path?

10. Why should we hire you?

11. Where do you see yourself in five years? In ten years?

12. The position you are interviewing for will require you to work with people. What skills do you possess that will enable you to work effectively with others?

13. What single activity or event have you been involved in that has benefited you the most?

14. If you were asked to promote an item that you did not believe in, what would you do?

15. Briefly explain how you would deal with a disgruntled customer?

16. What two or three things are most important to you in your job?

17. How do you organize and plan for major projects? Situation Questions:

18. I will describe a machinery problems, explain to us how you would solve this problem and how would your relay this solution to the customer. (mechanics)

19. Explain to a customer two types of floral designs available, relating to the good points and areas of improvement of each design. (horticulture)

20. We have items that are selling in other locales, yet seem to be losing money in our farm equipment center. What would you do or suggest we do to solve this problem. (agribusiness)