1. Explain me why do you want to leave your current company?
One that focuses on the positives about why the job they're applying for offers them better learning or career opportunities, chances for advancement, aligns more closely to their long term goals, or is a better fit for them.
2. Tell something about yourself?
An answer that gives the interviewer a glimpse of the candidate's personality, without veering away from providing information that relates to the job. Answers should be positive, and not generic.
3. Do you know how does the Internet work?
If you're interviewing for a tech position, I really hope you do know how the internet works.
You don't want to spend 30-plus minutes explaining how the intricacies of how the internet works. In my opinion, this kind of question is trying to gauge your interest, passion, and, of course, knowledge.
Do you mostly talk about the server side? Do you focus on the client side only? How you talk about the internet can show not only your knowledge, but also your passion and where your interests lie. For instance, if you spend 30 seconds talking about servers but then four minutes describing how webpages are displayed in the browser, that probably means you are much more passionate about the client side.
4. Explain us what do you know about our company ABC?
An answer that shows they've really done their homework and know what the company does, any important current events that involve the company, and the work culture.
5. What are your strengths as Barrel Washer?
The consensus is to go for quality, not quantity here. Candidates should give a short list of strengths, and back each one up with examples that illustrate the strength. Also, they should explain how these strengths will be useful in the job you're applying for, and use this question to say something interesting about themselves.
6. Tell me what can you offer us that someone else can not?
The candidate can name specific skills, abilities or understandings they have that apply directly to the job that other candidates are unlikely to have, or are in short supply.
7. Tell us can you instruct someone how to make an origami ‘cootie catcher' with just words?
The interviewer knows that nobody knows what a ‘cootie catcher' is. (If there even is such a thing.)
Again, the reason why these kinds of questions get asked is to see how you think on your feet. Do you become confused, or upset? Do you try to answer in a logical manner?
In this instance in particular, an interviewer is also trying to measure communication skills. How well can you describe your concept? Do you break it down into clear steps? Do you stay on track, and do not jump around? It's not your answer that matters. It's how you come about it, and then explain it.
8. Explain me how do you feel about those jokers at Congress?
One thing is certain: This is not the time to get into a political discussion. Rather, this question is probably aimed at seeing how you play ‘politics.' (Because we all know workplaces are political.) I would recommend saying something neutral, like how everyone wants to represent their constituents as best they can.
9. Where do you see yourself in five years? Ten years?
One that shows the candidate has thought about this question, has plans, and that those plans align with the job and a career path that is possible in the company. You want to see that this candidate is a good long term investment.
10. Tell me what is the potential risk that repair and maintenance work usually face?
The potential risk that repair and maintenance worker faces are
☛ Faulty electrical: Risk of electrocuted always remains with repair and maintenance workers, if not equipped with electric-proof tools and attires. They are prone to burns, shocks, etc.
☛ Lifting equipment: Workers usually have to deal with heavy metal objects and lifting equipment is not inspected or maintained then they are at risk of a fatal accident
☛ Maintenance of working and walking surfaces: Slippery working surfaces, sharp tools and nails scattered on working surface, slip and trip, uneven and potholed are some potential hazard that may cause an accident
☛ Dust: It potential risk for the workers specially working in woodworking or iron industries
11. Tell me what are the duties of a maintenance and repair worker?
The maintenance and repair worker duties includes
☛ Building partitions
☛ Make a plaster or drywall repairs
☛ Fix or paint roofs
☛ Fix worn or broken parts
☛ Maintain and repair specialized equipment's
☛ Inspect mechanical parts like motors, belts, drives, fluid levels and perform other maintenance actions
☛ Drywall repairs
12. What is your desired salary as Barrel Washer?
A number or range that falls within the market rate and matches their level of mastery of skills required to do the job.
13. Tell me what is your job title and what are your tasks on duty?
I work as a busser and I have the tasks of keeping all the tables clean after the customers get up so that the restaurant remains clean for the next customers. I also keep all the dishes in the dish washer.
14. Explain what are the challenges that maintenance and repair work usually face?
☛ Unusual working condition like bad weather or low temperature
☛ May have to work in an unusual shift
☛ May have to work in a messy area
☛ May sometimes be physically distressing and exhausting
☛ May have to work in dangerous places like working at height or working with electrical appliances and wires
The precaution measures taken at the working site is
☛ Overhead and side clearances are adequate to permit the safe operation of the lift truck
☛ Aisles, floors and passageways should be kept clear and free of hazards
☛ To avoid the accumulation of vapours from the refueling and operation of its lift trucks, workplace should be adequately ventilated
16. Tell me what do you think was the most likeable thing about you working there?
The most likeable part was, with absolute certainty, the discounts that the employees got courtesy of working there. For instance we got discounted meals or even free meals. We also got discounts on the things that we bought in the gift shop, which was a part of the Cracker Barrel.
17. Explain what are the factors that can lead to the psychological risks and stress?
Psychological risk arises from
☛ Excessive workloads
☛ Psychological harassment by third party
☛ Conflicting demand and lack of communication
☛ Lack of role clarity
☛ Lacking decision-making skill
☛ Poorly managed organization
☛ Working in overtime
18. Tell me how do you feel your working conditions were?
It was mostly pretty slow throughout the work days because fewer customers paid visit during the week days. It was fast-paced during the weekends though.
19. Explain me how can one become a general maintenance worker?
To become general maintenance worker the individual should learn some basic skills in high school or technical classes, community college or postsecondary trade of vocational schools. Student aspire to become maintenance worker can also observe and learn maintenance skill.
20. Tell me what does the carpentry maintenance worker do?
Carpentry maintenance worker does many things like
☛ Assist in measuring, marking and arranging materials according to blue-print
☛ Cuts and shapes materials such as wood, fiberglass and drywall manually as well as with power tools
☛ Assists with the repairing and constructing miscellaneous items of the wooden structure
☛ Assisting with replacing of floors, wall sidings, doors, etc.
☛ Installation of partitions, doors and walls
☛ Assisting with the erection of scaffolding
☛ Inspect wooden structure and build forms for pouring concrete
21. Can you mention some of the questions that you were asked during your interview there?
I was basically asked if I could work in a fast-paced work environment and if I could do stuff like picking up heavy bus tubs etc.
22. Tell me while doing welding what are the safety measures that worker should follow?
While doing welding, workers should follow the rules like
☛ Respirator or welders mask: Use mask or respirators as per your projects, match the filter to the types of metals and coatings used
☛ Ventilation: Welding area should have proper ventilation; improper ventilation can cause “plume poisoning.”
☛ Clean and tidy area: Make sure the area you working is clean and check for any leaks
☛ Storage: Flammable substance should be kept in a proper storage locker
☛ Eye protection: Eye protection can protect against injuries due to debris and the effects of the ultraviolet light
☛ Fire protection: The sparks from welding can set fire, proper fire extinguisher should be kept in reach of the welding area
☛ Protective clothing: Body parts like hands and legs should be a cover with protective and clothes which can bear heat and spark emitted from the welding
23. Tell me what are the tools used by road maintenance worker?
Tools used by road maintenance worker are
☛ Swiss hammer
☛ Drills
☛ Jackhammers
☛ Road-rollers
☛ Epoxy guns
☛ Chain drags
☛ Pressure washers
☛ Sand blasters, Saws, etc.
24. Situational Job Interview Questions:
Situational interviews are similar to behavioral interview questions - but they are focused on the future, and ask hypothetical questions, whereas behavioral interview questions look at the past.
The advantage is that employers can put all candidates in the same hypothetical situations, and compare their answers.
1. What would you do if you made a strong recommendation in a meeting, but your colleagues decided against it?
2. How you would handle it if your team resisted a new idea or policy you introduced?
3. How would you handle it if the priorities for a project you were working on were suddenly changed?
4. What would you do if the work of an employee you managed didn't meet expectations?
5. What would you do if an important task was not up to standard, but the deadline to complete it had passed?
6. What steps would you take to make an important decision on the job?
7. How would you handle a colleague you were unable to form a positive relationship with?
8. What would you do if you disagreed with the way a manager wanted you to handle a problem?
9. What would you do if you were assigned to work with a difficult client?
10. What would you do if you worked hard on a solution to a problem, and your solution was criticized by your team?
11. How would you handle working closely with a colleague who was very different from you?
12. You're working on a key project that you can't complete, because you're waiting on work from a colleague. What do you do?
13. You realize that an early mistake in a project is going to put you behind deadline. What do you do?
25. Emotional Intelligence Matters Interview Questions:
EQ is the ability to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, to recognize other people's emotions and your own, and to discriminate between different feelings and label them appropriately.
EQ is considered essential to help teams function well. Here are some of the top questions for help you get an idea of how candidates perceive their emotions and those of others.
1. If you started a company today, what would its top values be?
2. Who inspires you? Why?
3. How could you create more balance in your life?
4. What makes you angry?
5. How do you have fun?
6. How good are you at asking for help?
7. How did you deal with a bad day?
8. What's something you're really proud of? Why?
9. Tell me about a time when your mood altered your performance (positively or negatively).
10. Has there ever been a time when you felt you needed to change your behavior at work? How did you do it?
11. Did you create friendships that lasted while working at a previous job?
26. Test Communication Skills Job Interview Questions:
For most jobs, communication skills are important. It's hard to work as a team if people aren't communicating well.
At some jobs, like customer service or sales, communication skills are an absolute essential.
These questions are meant to help gauge a candidate's ability to communicate.
1. How do you prefer to build rapport with others?
2. How would you go about simplifying a complex issue in order to explain it to a client or colleague?
3. How would you go about persuading someone to see things your way at work?
4. How would you go about explaining a complex idea/problem to a client who was already frustrated?
5. What would you do if you there was a breakdown in communication at work?
6. Talk about a successful presentation you gave and why you think it did well.
7. How would you explain a complicated technical problem to a colleague with less technical understanding?
8. Do you prefer written or verbal communication?
9. Describe a time when you had to be careful talking about sensitive information. How did you do it?
10. What would you do if you misunderstood an important communication on the job?
11. Talk about a time when you made a point that you knew your colleagues would be resistant to.
12. Is it more important to be a good listener or a good communicator?
13. Tell me about a time you had to relay bad news to a client or colleague.
14. Rate your communication skills on a scale of 1 to 10. Give examples of experiences that demonstrate the rating is accurate.
15. How have you handled working under someone you felt was not good at communicating?
27. Behavioral Job Interview Questions:
Behavioral interviews where popularized by industrial psychologists in the 1970s, and have been used at big companies like AT&T. The idea behind them is that past responses to situations are the best predictor of how candidates will respond in the future.
1. Tell me about a time you faced a conflict while working as part of a team.
2. Talk about a goal you set for yourself. What did you do to make sure you met the goal?
3. Give an example of a time when you had to work with someone with a very different personality from yours.
4. Talk about an instance where you wish you'd handled a situation differently with a team member.
5. What's the most difficult problem you have had to solve?
6. Give an example of how you handled a situation where you needed information from a colleague who wasn't responsive.
7. Talk about a time when you had problems building a relationship with a key team member. What did you do?
8. Tell me about an instance when it was important to make a great impression on a client. What did you do?
9. Tell me about a situation where you had to work with a difficult client.
10. Tell me about a situation where you disappointed a client, and how you tried to fix it.
11. Talk about a time when you had to strategize to meet all your obligations.
12. Talk about a time when you failed at something. How did you react?
13. Talk about a time you took on a leadership role.
14. Tell me about a long-term project you oversaw. How did you keep it focused and on schedule?
15. Talk about a time when you were under a lot of stress. What caused it, and how did you manage?
16. Do you prefer to work alone or with others?
17. Tell me about a time when you were overwhelmed by the amount of work on your agenda. How did you handle it?
28. Stress Checking Interview Questions:
Some jobs require employees to work under stress, and some interviewers just like to see how applicants handle stressful questions.
There are many questions designed for putting the interviewee into an awkward situation, or throwing them off, to see how they do under stress. Here are some samples.
1. How do you feel this interview is going?
2. How would you handle undeserved criticism from a superior?
3. How many other jobs are you applying for?
4. What would you do if you saw a colleague stealing supplies or equipment?
5. What did you do when you had a boss you didn't get along with?
6. What would you do if a colleague took credit for your idea, and got a promotion?
7. Was the stress of your previous job too much for you?
8. What would you do if a colleague admitted to lying on their resume to get the job?
9. What would you do if a customer verbally insulted you in front of co-workers?
10. What would you change about the design of a baseball hat?
11. Why were you fired from your previous job?
12. How successful do you think you've been so far?
29. Verify Experience and Credentials Interview Questions:
Sometimes people want a job a little too bad - and they may fudge their credentials and experience a bit.
If you've run into this problem, are worried about it, or have credentials and experience that are absolutely essential, you may need to ask a few verification questions.
If you are a candidate, you should review your resume and make sure you know all the key points, and that nothing has been misconstrued.
1. What grades did you get in college?
2. What were your responsibilities when you worked in job x?
3. How many people were on your team at your last job?
4. What will your previous manager/supervisor say when I ask where you needed to improve?
5. What was your beginning and ending salary at job x?
6. What were your beginning and ending titles at job x?
7. Are you eligible for rehire at job x?
8. What tools are necessary for performing job x?
9. Describe to me how you would perform [x typical job task].
10. What was the focus of your thesis?
11. When did you leave company x?
30. Best Brainteaser Interview Questions:
Brainteaser questions have become popular for interviews in recent years, as word has gotten out that top tech companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM have used this type of question at one time or another.
Companies like Google aren't using these questions so much any more, but many companies, are, and it may be good to prepare for them. The key to these isn't so much getting the exact answer, as it is showing how you would come up with an answer.
Here's a sample of 12 of the best and most difficult.
1. How many street lights are there in New York City?
2. How many gas stations are there in the United States?
3. How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?
4. How much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle?
5. Why are manhole covers round?
6. How many times a day does a clock's hands overlap?
7. How would you test a calculator?
8. Describe the internet to someone who just woke up from a 30-year coma.
9. How much does the Starbucks in Times Square bring in, in annual revenue?
10. You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and thrown into a blender. Your mass is reduced so that your density is the same as usual. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do?
11. What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow? ;)
12. How many golf balls are there in Florida?
31. Tell me why are you interested in working for [insert company name here]?
One that shows they've done research on the company, and are truly excited about specific things they can do at the job. This not only shows enthusiasm for the work and basic preparation skills, gives you clues about the cultural fit.
32. Tell me how much should you charge to wash all the windows in Seattle?
The interviewer knows that nobody knows how many windows are in Seattle. However, the reason why these kinds of questions get asked is to see how you think on your feet. Do you become flustered? Do you try to answer in a practical way? If you get one of these questions, relax. Take a moment. And try to answer in a logical way.
It doesn't matter if you're way off. What matters is that you remained calm, and answered pragmatically.
For instance, estimate how many windows are in Seattle by guessing the population of Seattle. From that infer the number of households and vehicles. And then guess the price of how much it would cost for one window-maybe $10 per window. The rest is simple math. Again, it's not your answer that matters. It's how you come about it.
The most important thing is that anyone applying for any position should be well experienced in the field that he/she is applying for.
34. Explain me what are the duties of a construction maintenance worker?
☛ Inspect the structures and identify the cause of the problem
☛ Fix the broken parts and giving final finishing touch to repair and construct repairs
☛ Sound knowledge of using hand and power tools like wrenches, hammers and screwdrivers
☛ Repair and maintain system that control the temperature
☛ Monitor the work orders and repair jobs accordingly
☛ Read catalogs, blueprints and manuals
☛ Check prices with suppliers
☛ Estimate costs of a job
☛ Do almost all types of maintenance work
35. Tell me what care has to be taken care when doing gas welding?
While doing gas welding worker should
☛ Should wear proper protective before doing gas welding
☛ Valve protection caps should be in a secured place
☛ When cutting is done, they should be secured on a pallet or springboard
☛ Cylinder should be transported in a vertical situation
☛ For lifting cylinders, valve protection caps shall not be used for lifting from one vertical position to another
☛ Oxygen and fittings shall be kept away from oil or grease
☛ Any faulty or defective equipment should be reported to the supervisor
