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Common Interview Questions
 
 
 
 
 




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Attitude / Personality / Motivation Questions


1. What are your plans for the coming five to ten years?
2. Why do you choose our company?
3. What do you expect to get from the job?
4. Why did you choose to study at CUHK?
5. Why do you choose to apply for this position?
6. Why are you interested in the job?
7. Do you think team work is important? Why?
8. What are the elements to become a good leader?
9. What are your goals?
10. What do you like? Team work or individual work?
11. What will you do if you have lots of work to do or many deadlines to meet?
12. Why didn't you apply to work in another field during your second year's summer?
13. Tell your experience and feeling in communicating with the clients.
14. Can you describe a situation that you find it easy to compromise with others?
15. What are your main interests?
16. Tell me your 5-year plan.
17. Why did you choose Chinese University? How good is its School of Accountancy?
18. How do your friends view you?
19. Describe a situation that you had to stand firm.
20. How do you prioritize your tasks?
21. If the employer has to cut your salary, how will you advise the employer?
22. What kind of work are you interested in and why?
23. How do you allocate your time between studies and activities?
24. How do you plan your timetable?
25. What are your plans apart from that for your career?
26. How do you deal with conflicts in a team?
27. What's your 5-year plan?


Probing / Tricky / Problem-solving Questions


1. How do you manage your time in working and dating?
2. Why should I hire you?
3. Will you leave our company to join another firm after you get your professional qualifications?
4. Do you like doing research? Why?
5. Will your family allow you to work overseas?
6. How will you invest if you were given one million dollars?
7. Give 3 reasons why I should employ you.
8. Can you tell me a story from the "Soup of Chicken" book that you have read?
9. Do you want to work in the PRC?
10. What do you think about teamwork?
11. Do you like working in China?
12. What's your advice to the students if you're asked to give a presentation on the topic "Career Choice" to a secondary school?
13. If there is a spectrum of solutions to a problem, how will you choose the best one?
14. What can you bring to our firm?
15. Will you prefer to work under a competitive or stable working environment?
16. Have you ever been to China?
17. What do you think is the main difficulty you will encounter in the job?
18. Do you think getting a balance in life is difficult?
19. Do you think money is the most important thing in life?
20. Do you think your background will be helpful to our business?
21. How did you feel when you saw your old friends in their jobs while you are still studying in the university?
22. Do you mind working in China to help our company expand the business there?
23. What do you do in your leisure time?
24. Why do you apply for this position?
25. What are your strengths and weaknesses?
26. What is your usual role in a team?
27. When there is a conflict in a group, how do you solve it?
28. What is your career plan for the coming five years?
29. Who has the greatest influence on you?
30. How do you manage your time? On what basis do you prioritize your tasks?




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