Want to get an idea of what interview questions employers may ask you during the interview process? Here is a quick list of questions you may want to practice before your actual interview.

Attention to detail interview questions

 

• What do you do to verify that your work is accurate?
• Describe a time you made an error. Why did you miss the mistake? How did you handle the situation?
• Can you describe a time when a co-worker made a mistake and you discovered it? What did you do?

Analytical skills interview questions

 

• Can you describe a project that demonstrated your analytical skills?
• Can you tell me about a time when you had to analyze information? Why were you analyzing the information? What was your process?
• Can you talk about a time when you used your analytical skills to find a problem? How did you discover the problem? What did you do after you discovered it?
• Can you tell me about a time when you used your problem-solving skills to find a solution to a problem?

Interview questions about decision making

 

• What steps do you take before making a decision?
• Can you talk about a time you had to make a decision with limited information? How did you determine what would be the best decision?
• Can you tell me about a time when you had to make an immediate decision?
• Can you tell me about a time when you felt pressure while making a decision? How did the pressure affect you?
• What’s the most difficult decision you’ve made at work? How did you come up with your decision?
• Can you talk about a decision you made that impacted your co-workers? How did you choose the right decision?
• Was there a decision you made that wasn’t popular? What did you do?
• Can you describe a decision that you regretted? Why did you regret it?

Leadership interview questions

 

• Can you describe a time when you were in charge of a project? What would you do differently?
• Can you talk about a time when a project didn’t have a leader, but you took charge? Why did you take charge? What did you do?
• Can you tell me about a time when you had a difficult group to lead? What did you do to manage them?
• What was the toughest project you had to lead? Why was it difficult?
• What is the most difficult part of being a leader for you? What do you do about that?
• Can you describe something that challenged you as a leader? How did the challenge change you?
• What was your greatest achievement as a leader? What were you most proud of?
• Can you talk about a time when you motivated your team? How did you do it? How effective were your efforts?

Interview questions about taking initiative

 

• Can you describe a time when you saw a problem at work and created a solution for it?
• Can you tell me about a time you made a change at work?
• Can you talk about a project that you started? What did you do? What were the results?
• Can you tell me about a project that was implemented because of the work you did?
• Can you tell me about a time when you were bored at work and sought for more or different work? What steps did you take?

Interview questions about goal setting

 

• Can you describe the process you use to set personal goals?
• Can you talk about a career goal you made? Did you reach it? What obstacles did you encounter?
• Can you tell me about a goal that you set but didn’t reach? Why didn’t you reach it? How did you feel?
• What goals did you set for your team? How did you keep people on track to meet the goals?

Interview questions about sales

 

• What have you done to increase your number of customers?
• What is your greatest accomplishment in sales? How did you achieve that?
• Can you tell me about a time when you convinced a reluctant customer to make a purchase? How did you do it?
• Can you talk about a time when you had to negotiate with a customer? What did you do? What was the outcome?

Customer service interview questions

• Can you describe the steps you take to develop a relationship with a customer?

• Can you tell me about a time that you were unsure about a customer’s request? What did you do?

• Can you talk about a time when you and a customer miscommunicated? What did you do to repair communication?

• Can you talk about a time when you dealt with an upset or angry customer? What did you do? Is there anything you would have done differently?

• Can you tell me about a time you convinced a customer to stay with the business? What steps did you take?

• Can you describe a time when you went out of your way to please a customer?

• Have you ever defended a customer? Why? How did your co-workers or boss react?

• Was there ever a time when a co-worker’s customer was passed off to you? How did you let the customer know? How did you build relationship and trust with them?

Communication interview questions

 

• Can you tell me about how you communicated with your previous bosses?
• Can you tell me about a time when you communicated with a person you didn’t like?
• Can you talk about a time when your communication failed? What caused the problem? How did you handle the situation?
• Can you describe a time when you had to work with a remote co-worker? How did you stay in touch? What difficulties did you experience?
• Have you ever given a speech or presentation for your job? How did you prepare? How was the presentation received?
• Can you describe a time when you had to give a presentation without preparation? What did you do?
• Can you talk about how you’ve used your written communication skills?
• Can you tell me about a time when you used a communication method that was outside the norm for what you were doing? What did you do? Was it effective?

Interview questions about interpersonal skills

 

• Can you describe a time when you had a conflict with someone at work? What did you do?
• Can you describe a time when you dealt with a co-worker you didn’t like?
• Can you tell me how you communicate with someone who doesn’t like you?
• Can you tell me about a time when you disagreed with a manager? What did you do?
• How have you maintained relationships with your co-workers? What skill do you use?
• Was there ever a time that you didn’t get along with a customer? What did you do?

 

Interview questions about teamwork

 

• What role do you normally take on a team? Why?

• Can you tell me about your most recent experience working with a team? What was your role? How did you interact with the other team members?

• Can you talk about a time when team members disagreed with you? What did you do?

• Can you describe a time when you tried to solve a dispute within the team? What was the result?

• Was there ever a time when you were part of a team where the people didn’t get along? What happened? What did you do?

• Can you talk about a time when your team members had to compromise? What was the result?

• Can you describe a time when a team member wasn’t doing their work? What did you do?

• Can you describe a time when you had to delegate work among a team? How did you decide who would do each task? Is there anything you would do differently?

• Can you tell me about a time when you let your team down? What did you do? How did you react?

Time management interview questions

 

• When you schedule out the work you need to do, how do you decide what to do first?
• Can you tell me about a project you were in charge of? How did you organize the tasks and make sure everything got done?
• Can you describe a time when you were part of multiple projects at the same time? How did you handle the workload?
• When you have multiple requests from customers or co-workers, how do you prioritize them?
• Can you tell me about a time when you were behind on a project? What did you do?

Interview questions about handling stress

 

• Can you describe a stressful work situation you experienced? How did you handle the situation?
• What was your most stressful project? Why was it stressful? What did you do to manage the stress? How did the project turn out?
• Can you tell me about a time when you saw a situation that could have become stressful? What did you do to prevent it?
• Can you tell me about a time when you tried to reduce stress for a co-worker?

Interview questions about adaptability

 

• Can you tell me how you handled your transition between different jobs or positions in the past?

• Can you describe a time when changes happened that you couldn’t control? How did you react?

• Can you describe a time when you experienced rapid change? How did you handle the situation?

• Can you tell me about a time when you changed the course of a project? How did you relay the changes to your team? Is there anything you wish you would have done differently?

• Can you talk about a time when you had to adapt to a co-worker’s work style to finish a task? What did you do?

• Can you think of a time when you weren’t comfortable with a change? What did you do?

Interview questions about innovation

 

• Can you describe a time when a manager asked you to come up with a creative way to complete a project? What steps did you take?

• Can you tell me about a problem you solved in a unique way? What happened?

• Can you describe a project where none of the usual paths to completion worked? What did you do instead?

• Can you talk about a time when you presented a creative idea to your co-workers?

• Can you tell me about a time when your creative idea received resistance from co-workers? How did you react? How did you feel?

• Can you tell me about a time when your creative idea failed? How did you feel? What would you do differently?

Interview questions about integrity

 

• Can you describe a time when a co-worker or customer questioned your honesty? What did you do?
• Can you tell me about a time when you followed a rule that you didn’t agree with? Why did you comply? How did you feel?
• Can you talk about a time when it was difficult to be honest?
• Was there ever a time when you weren’t honest at work? What happened?
• Has there ever been a situation where you thought it was better to be dishonest? Why? What did you end up doing?
• Can you tell me about a time when you found out that a co-worker was doing something wrong? What did you do?

Resilience interview questions

 

• Can you talk about a setback you had at work? What did you do?
• Describe a time you faced a problem at work? What did you do? What would you do differently?
• Can you tell me about a time you had to work under a lot of pressure? How did you handle the situation?
• Can you describe a time that you faced a challenge at work? How did you feel? What steps did you take?
• Was there ever a time you had to compete against co-workers? What were the results?
• Can you tell me about a time when you made a mistake? What did you do? What did you learn from the situation? Was there anything you’d do differently?

 

Note that this list of questions were adapted from livecareer.com