1. Please explain about your education, experience and background?
Be brief but interesting. If you don't have formal interior design schooling to your credit, assure them with reasons why you are right for the job in other ways, such as the studio art classes you took that gave you an understanding of color and how it interacts with light. Tell the interviewer aspects of your background or work experience that will set you apart and make them remember you.
2. Explain me what Is A Good Way Of Using Lights In Your Room?
A good way of using lights in the room is to use 80% of lights overhead, and 20% of light should be a free stand or wall mounted like table lamp, art lamp, library lamps, scones, etc. It will draw attention of your interior and paintings.
3. Explain me about a time when you stepped into a leadership role?
The interviewer wants to hear about a positive experience you have had with leadership. Think about a time during college when you led a sports team, led a collegiate organization, led a college project, managed a store, or coached a little league team. These are all great examples! Start off by giving the interviewer a high-level overview of what you were leading, and share that you enjoyed the experience. Discuss the positive outcome that the group had, and explain that you would gladly lead again!
4. Tell me how To Fit Bookshelves In A Small Space?
If you are having small space and accommodating bookshelves is a problem. Then it is advisable to get a wall mounted bookshelves, and it will occupy less floor space compared to free-standing bookshelves.
5. Do you know what Is Practice Act For Interior Designer?
If a state adopts the practice act for interior design, then they can prohibit the act of practicing the professional services of interior design who are not licensed in the profession.
6. Explain me when Designing A Room What Is The Most Important Factor For You?
Once the design or thought is clear in your mind about the design is to follow a theme and the design entire room accordingly which includes color, furniture and piece of art.
7. Can you explain me about some of your past design projects from your portfolio?
The interviewer wants to hear that you enjoy being a part of a team and that you contribute to the success of the team. Start off by sharing the last time you contributed to a team effort. Discuss how you personally made efforts to contribute to the team, and be sure to mention how successful the team was! Finally, be sure to mention that you enjoy working on a team from time-to-time because your collaborative efforts often result in a fantastic outcome! It is also great to learn from other designers and building professionals to help further your career through gained expertise.
8. Can you tell me what Is Permitting Statue For Interior Design?
It is an amendment in the existing law, according to which governing architectural practice should cover interior designers as well, whichever province or state it is applicable.
9. Can you tell us what Is Professional Liability Insurance For Interior Designers Cover?
Professional liability insurance for interior designers covers losses, expenses, and damages resulting from lawsuits up to the limit of your policy. It protects clients from claims of wrongful acts committed by you or your employee while performing professional duties or losses that happens to others due to alteration of design.
10. Tell me why Do You Want To Work With Us as Decorator?
The company will want to know why you are looking to work with them, see how much knowledge you have and whether you can identify the company vision and values.
So ask yourself first, would you be happy working there? The best policy is to be honest with you. Will this company motivate you? If so go ahead!
11. Explain me how Can You Use The Space In Your Balcony Or Veranda For Garden?
If you are staying in an apartment, you can use stacking technique or hang baskets for maximising vertical space. You can use window ledge or slimline balcony by planting with suitable containers also you can put ornamental plants on door step or entrances.
12. Why Should We Hire You as Decorator?
I really value lasting relationships and actively seek to build those with developers, vendors and senior managers alike. I also enjoy interacting with customers and know that a happy customer is a repeat customer. My passion for this industry and the job I do drives me to deliver high-quality work every day. I am confident that my past experience will translate well into the position you are offering and I am excited to begin this new chapter in my career.
You can specialize yourself in various stream like:
☛ Visual Merchandiser
☛ Home Theater designer
☛ Feng Shui Designer
☛ Vastu Shastra Expert
☛ Set Designer (for films)
☛ Landscaping Artist
14. Do you know what Is The Role Of Kitchen Designer?
The basic role of kitchen designer is the selection of kitchen appliances, considering the flooring and counter tops as well. You can design kitchens for kitchen showrooms, restaurant, hotels and hospitals.
15. Tell me some Of The Best App Available In The Market For Interior Designing?
Some of the best App available in the market are:
☛ Paper
☛ Graphisoft BIMx
☛ MyPantone
☛ DreamHome
☛ Photosynth
☛ iHandy
☛ Carpenter
☛ Autodesk Format
☛ Architect's Formulator
☛ Home Sizer
☛ Color Capture
☛ AutoCAD 360
16. Tell us what Wood Will You Prefer For Designing?
The wood that will be a good choice for formal designing is oak, cherry, and mahogany, while, for casual designing maple, bamboo and pine are casual choices.
17. Tell me have You Ever Had Any Conflict With Clients as Decorator?
I recently had a conflict with an employee in another department who had a project which was dependent on work being done by myself and two other members of our team. He had sent a rather urgent e-mail accusing us of derailing his project. I had never met him before, so I asked to get together with him for coffee. I asked him to walk me through his project and the interdependency of his project with our project. I then walked him through our project and timelines. Once we had the opportunity to communicate our independent priorities, we could begin talking about our shared priorities. We agreed to a timeline that would help us both meet our goals and the conflict was resolved before it became a major incident.
18. Tell us what are your expectations of this position?
Increasing knowledge and honing skills are always good answers. Don't talk about rising through the ranks and becoming the head designer. Stay focused on the job opening at hand. Also, never talk about compensation.
19. Can you tell me as An Interior Designer What Questions You Will Ask To The Client?
☛ About client budget and timeframe
☛ About design style
☛ About decision making
☛ Whether worked with any designer before
☛ How you visualize the design process taking place
20. Can you tell us what Are The Things You Have To Take Care While Designing?
☛ Put decorative mirror especially for a smaller space
☛ Put art/photo at appropriate height on the wall
☛ Don't surface in acoustic or theatre if you have, it will bounce back the sound waves
☛ Check room dimension first before selecting furniture
☛ Don't over furnish the room
☛ Use color co-ordination carefully, otherwise it will go bizarre
☛ Use appropriate lighting
21. Can you tell me what Is The Difference Between Interior Design And Interior Decoration?
☛ Interior design: Interior designer have technical expertise to know the vast array of options and give creative solutions to the space they use for design
☛ Interior decorating: It is about using various forms of color and accent to make particular space more visually appealing.
22. Can you tell me what are your strengths and weaknesses?
Good skills to highlight are anything that will add value to the firm. Drafting and artistic talent, good people and communication skills, and working well on a team are all important in the field of design. Be honest about your flaws, everyone has them. Admit what you are most challenged by, within reason. Don't let on you are a terrible procrastinator, but do say you can get nervous in presentations.
23. Can you tell me what Challenges Are You Looking For In This Position as Decorator?
I love the challenge of dealing with unhappy or irritated customers. To think that someone can walk in and be really unhappy with the company, and I am the person that can talk to them, solve their problem, restore their faith in the company, and have them leave happy and smiling just makes my day, and makes me really love coming in to work every morning.
24. Tell us what Are The Tools Does An Interior Designer Takes Help?
Color Wheel Paint Chips Fabric Samples Measuring Tape Digital Camera.
25. Can you tell us what Types Of Countertop Materials You Can Use To Design A Kitchen?
Granite and Quartz Marble and Limestone Wood Countertops Stainless steel Laminate counter tops.
26. Tell us some Of The Popular And Widely Used Software For Interior Designing?
☛ Autodesk Homestyler
☛ Sweet Home 3D
☛ 3D Home Design Software
☛ 3D Spacer Roomie Placed pCon.planner
☛ Home Designer Suite 10
☛ Home & Landscape Design Premium NexGen3
☛ HGTV home design and remodelling suite
27. Tell me how would you describe your personal interior design style?
Be honest, but also remember that they are not looking for candidates with wildly different taste than that for which the company is known. If you are interviewing at a firm that specializes in home restorations and the use of antiques, you can mention that you appreciate modern styling, but definitely emphasize that you are attracted to the same sensibility the company espouses.After your inquisition, the interviewer will likely ask if you have any questions of him or her. Have at least one question prepared so it looks like you are engaged in the dialogue.
28. Basic Decorator Job Interview Questions:
☛ Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work.
☛ Share an experience in which conferring with a client helped you to effectively meet his/her expectations. What factors do you consider when meeting with clients, e.g. budget?
☛ In your experience, what is the key to developing a good team? (Look for how they build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.)
☛ Provide an example of a time when you successfully organized a diverse group of people to accomplish a task.
☛ What is the key to success when communicating with the public.
☛ Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
☛ Share an experience in which you successfully shared a difficult piece of information. (Make sure that the candidate has open lines of communication.)
☛ Share an experience in which you oversaw the assembly, fabrication, construction, maintenance, or modification of equipment. How did you communicate to the staff what you wanted?
☛ Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?
☛ Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?
☛ Tell me about an experience in which you analyzed information and evaluated results to choose the best solution to a problem.
☛ Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?
☛ Share an example of a time you had to gather information from multiple sources. How did you determine which information was relevant?
☛ Please share an experience in which you presented to a group. What was the situation and how did it go?
☛ Provide an example of a time when you were able to demonstrate excellent listening skills. What was the situation and outcome?
29. Do you know some Of The Modern Glass Types Used In Interior Designing?
☛ Flair Granit
☛ Ottanta
☛ Fly
☛ Nivada
☛ Rimadesio
☛ Retro
☛ Article
☛ CHI
☛ Ferrera on satinato
☛ As an interior design professional, you can use your skill in an architecture firm
☛ In furniture showroom
☛ A model or sample house designer
☛ In a lightning design firm
31. Please explain what Is Quickbook Accounting For Interior Designer?
QuickBook accounting is a software used by interior designer to manage your accounting and finance in one central location. It is used to manage your sales, expenses and other financial data.
32. Can you tell us about your ideal job?
My dream job would be doing the interior design for a luxury hotel in Dubai! I would love to travel to Dubai exploring the culture and designing an exquisite stay experience for guests! Of course, this is my dream, and I look forward to all of the design experiences that I am offered in my career. Someday, I will achieve my dream! For now, gaining experience is my hope!
33. What is what Experience Do You Have In This Field as Decorator?
Well hopefully if you are applying for this position then you have loads of experience, therefore mention it all! The more experience you have, the better. However, if you are looking for a change in career then your experience may not match up. You just need to show your people skills and how they can apply to any task.
34. Can you tell me what Is The Basic Type Of Lightning Does An Interior Designer Follows?
Basic type of lightning are:
☛ Ambient
☛ Task
☛ Accent
☛ Aesthetic
☛ Normal
35. Tell us some Of The Magazines Which Can Be Helpful For Interior Designer Professional?
☛ Dwell Magazine
☛ Frame Magazine
☛ Metropolis Magazine
☛ POPLife
☛ Interior Design Magazine
