{"id":67,"date":"2014-07-31T11:54:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T11:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/the-25-top-interview-questions"},"modified":"2014-11-19T11:36:51","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T11:36:51","slug":"the-25-top-interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/the-25-top-interview-questions","title":{"rendered":"The 25 Top Interview Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Keep the conversation  moving: Whether you&#8217;re the interviewer or the interviewee, you should  review this list of 25 top interview questions. <\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Why are  you here? <\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> If you  had only one word to describe yourself, what would it be? <\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> When have  you failed? Describe what happened and what you learned from it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> What&#8217;s  the one accomplishment you&#8217;re most proud of? Why? <\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> What  qualities in your co-workers bother you most? Do you appreciate most? <\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> How do  you take advantage of your strengths? How do you compensate for your  weaknesses? <\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> If I were  to ask your current boss what your greatest strength is, what would he  or she tell me? <\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> If I were  to ask your current boss to tell me one thing you do that drives him  crazy what would he tell me? <\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> What&#8217;s  one thing you would like to do better? What&#8217;s your plan for improving? <\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> What  changes have you made in working with others to be more effective at  work? <\/p>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong> What do  you think are the most important attributes of successful people? How do  you rate yourself in those areas? <\/p>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong> How do  you make decisions? <\/p>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong> If you  were limited to just one person to get advice and help from, which  person would you choose? Why? <\/p>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong> Tell me  about a work incident in which you were totally honest, despite a  potential risk or downside. <\/p>\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong> What  would you do if you made an important business decision and a co-worker  challenged it? <\/p>\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong> Describe a  crisis you faced at work. What was your role? How did you resolve it?  What were the results? <\/p>\n<p><strong>17.<\/strong> Describe a  time when you were asked to do something you weren&#8217;t trained to do. How  did you handle it? <\/p>\n<p><strong>18.<\/strong> Describe  the boss who would get the very best work from you. <\/p>\n<p><strong>19.<\/strong> What will  make you love coming to work here everyday? <\/p>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong> What  would you do if management made a decision you didn&#8217;t agree with? <\/p>\n<p><strong>21.<\/strong> What is  there about this opportunity that most excites you? <\/p>\n<p><strong>22.<\/strong> What&#8217;s  your greatest fear about this opportunity? <\/p>\n<p><strong>23.<\/strong> If you  get the job, how could you lose money for me? <\/p>\n<p><strong>24.<\/strong> Assume  that you come to work here. One year from now you go home one Friday  evening thinking that accepting this job was the best thing you ever  did. What happened during the year for you to feel that way? <\/p>\n<p><strong>25.<\/strong> Is there  any question I haven&#8217;t asked you that I should? <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-top: 12pt;\">Bob Rosner  is the co-author of The Boss&#8217;s Survival Guide.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><strong>The Boss&#8217;s  Survival Guide <\/strong><strong>by Bob  Rosner, Allan Halcrow, Alan S. Levins, is available to buy by clicking <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0071362738\/wwwirishjobie-21\">here<\/a><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  Debbie O&#8217;Halloran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep the conversation moving: Whether you&#8217;re the interviewer or the interviewee, you should review this list of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caribbeanjobs.com\/careeradvice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}