What questions do you ask a prospective employee?

Answer 1

It depends on the company but when I do my interviews I ask...

Why did you leve your last job? If I am told anything negitive about the last job I don't hire them. If I am told that they needed more hours I don't hire them. If you are a good employee they can find more hours. The only really good answer is that you are looking to excell yourself in an area that you can't in your current job or you have moved. Example... I really enjoy merchendising however in at my current job they have a very structured layout that doens't let me be creative and focus our best products to our customers.

I also ask about what their hardest day at work has ever been and what they did. If they say there have been so many, I wonder if it has been because of their attitude. And the only answer I am looking for as to what they did is remain calm, collected try to work through the situation and after it is over choose to restart their day with a great attitude.

I also ask them what they think this job entails. So I know if they know what they are getting themselves into. At our company while it is retail there is a ton of manual labor. I want to make sure that they understand this so 3 days into the job they don't find out how much work their really is and walk out.

What changes have you made or suggested in your former company that were used and what was the result? I want someone who is a problem solver who is always trying to make the company better and not just collect a paycheck.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Here's my favorite.

You just completed a report and are looking it over. You suddenly realize your data is all wrong and the report is useless.
What do you do. ?


The object/ See how the person reacts under pressure.
Questions they might ask.
When is it due? In 1 hour, or tomorrow afternoon.
Who is responsible forgiving me wrong info?
Can I just cross it out and write in right info??

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Questions you might ask.

Did you print it yet?
If you would have reviewed the data first would you have seen it was wrong?
Did you start it ASAP, or did you "sit on it' for a while??

You'd be amazed at the answers.

Some border on the "The dog ate my homework,"others pass the buck. What I was looking for was," do I have time to redo it, and do it right""?? ,

Answer 3

The job posting sites like monster, careerbuilder and hotjobs all have sample interview questions under their "advice" sections. There are many different types of interview questions - behavioral, situational, etc., so what you ask depends on the position for which you are interviewing and the type of information you intend to elicit from the applicant.

Good luck.