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to Menu of Workshops and Strategic Career
Management Model CONTENTS Behavioral 1. What goals have you set for
yourself and how are you planning to achieve
them? 2. Who or what has had the greatest
influence in the development of your career
interest? 3. Describe a situation in which you
had to persuade someone to see things your way. 4. What were the biggest
challenges/problems you encountered in college? How did you
handle them? 5. Tell me about a class in which you
were part of a study group. What role did you play in the
group meetings? 6. What was the toughest academic
decision you have had to make? How did you make that
decision? 7. What kind of work experience has
been the most valuable to you and why? 8. Describe a time when a team member
came to you for help. What was the situation? How did you
respond? 9. Tell me about a time when you had
to deal with someone whose personality was different from
yours. 10. Have you ever been in a situation
where someone regarded you as a threat? Describe the
situation and tell how you handled this. 11. Give me an example of a time in
which you had to be relatively quick in coming to a
decision. 12. Give me a time where you had to
carry out a directive you did not agree with. 13. How are you conducting your job
search and how will you go about making your
decision? 14. What types of situations put you
under pressure and how do you handle them? 15. Tell me about an accomplishment of
which you are especially proud. 16. What is the most important lesson
you have learned in or out of school? 17. Describe a time when you had to go
above and beyond the call of duty to get the job
done. 18. Describe a time when you saw a
problem and took action to correct it rather than waiting
for someone else to do so. 19.Give me examples to convince me
that you can adapt to a wide variety of situations, people,
and environments. 20. What makes you the best person for
this job? 21. Tell me about a leadership role
you had in an extracurricular activity. How did you
lead? 22. Tell me about your most successful
presentation and what made it so. 23. Describe a time when it was
especially important to make a good impression on a
customer. How did you go about doing so? 24. Tell me about a meeting where you
provided techinical expertise. How did you ensure that
everyone understood? 25. Describe a time when you took a
risk that you later regretted. 26. Describe a time when you took a
risk and were glad you did.
SAMPLE INTERVIEW
QUESTIONS
Behavioral
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