This is an assorted list of the most common 50 job interview questions. A lot of these questions have been asked over the years. I also received a few of these in WhatsApp and email forwards. The remaining are my own tips. If you are looking for a job, I hope you find these useful.
List of Job Interview Questions
These questions are mostly HR-related and non-technical.
- Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your manager.
- Tell me about a situation when you had a conflict with a teammate.
- Tell me about a time you failed. How did you deal with the situation?
- Describe a time when you led a team. What was the outcome?
- Tell me about a time you worked well under pressure.
- Provide an example of a time when you had to make a difficult decision.
- Describe a time when you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.
- How do you handle a situation where you don't know the answer to a question?
- Describe a time you received tough or critical feedback
- Describe a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?
- Tell me about a time when you had to prioritize your tasks quickly.
- Describe a time when you anticipated potential problems and developed preventive measures.
- Describe a situation where you had to deal with a difficult customer.
- Tell me about a time when you missed a deadline. What happened, and how did you handle it?
- Describe a time when your workload was heavy and how you handled it.
- Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a significant change at work. How did you adapt to this change?
- Describe a situation where you saw a problem and took the initiative to correct it rather than waiting for someone else to do it.
- Describe a time when there was a conflict within your team. How did you help resolve the conflict? Did you do anything to prevent it in the future?
- Describe a time when you went out of your comfort zone. Why did you do it? What lessons did you learn from the experience?
- Describe a time when you delivered a project under a tight deadline.
- Describe a time when you took a big risk and it failed.
- How would you design/test a product to make sure its diverse/inclusive to all users?
- Describe a time you had to explain a complex technical concept to someone non-technical.
- Tell me about a time you disagreed with a colleague. How did you handle the situation?
- Give an example of a time you had to collaborate effectively with a team from a different department.
- Tell me about a complex technical project you've worked on.
- How do you stay up-to-date with the latest technological advancements?
- Give an example of a time you had to debug a challenging technical issue.
- Why are you interested in working at [company name]?
- Assume you are given a task to design a system. How would you do it? How would you resolve ambiguity?
- Have you ever been in a situation where another team and yours were creating a similar product? What happened?
- What is the biggest technical challenge you have worked on?
- Why do you want to change your current company?
- Tell me a time when you had a different opinion than the rest of the team. How did you handle it?
- Tell me about a time when you were faced with a problem that had a number of possible solutions. What was the problem and how did you determine the course of action? What was the outcome of that choice?
- Describe a time when you you needed to motivate a group of individuals or encourage collaboration during a particular project.
- What do you do to enhance your technical knowledge apart from your project work?
- How do you prioritize your workload? What do you do when your work feels like it's just too much to get done?
- Whatโs the number one accomplishment youโre most proud of?
- Explain the situation where excess of work and you knew you could not meet the deadline. How did you manage then?
- What will be your course of action if you are assigned some task which you donโt know at all?
- Give an example of when you took a huge risk and failed.
- Describe a time when you had to work simultaneously on both high-priority urgent projects as well as long-term projects. How did you go about handling both?
- Tell me about a time when you had a hard time working with someone in your team. How did you handle it?
- Tell me about a project that didnโt go according to plan.
- What is something new that youโve learned recently?
- Tell me about a time when you had to make a decision without all the information you needed.
- Tell me a time when you linked two or more problems together and identified an underlying issue.
- Tell me about a time you made a decision to sacrifice short term gain for a longer term goal.
- How would you respond if you were the last member of the team in the office on a Friday afternoon and the product owner asks you to develop and deploy a change to production?
Conclusion
This blog post contains only an exhaustive list. I will add more questions and categorize them accordingly.
If you are looking for a job, all the best! I hope you get the job you desire. Thanks for reading!
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