Interview Questions _position wise

Interview Questions

For Recruiter Post
1: What's the most number of phone calls you make in a day. What's the average number of phone calls you make in a day, and how do you track your phone calls.
2: In your past positions, how did you come up with lists to call? What are the most effective way to find candidates, and what percentages would you assign to each method?
3: Do you learn more from candidates in face-to-face interviews, or do you think that they waste too much time? Have you ever measured the difference in success rates between face-to-face and phone screening interviews.
4: What would you prefer to work on - a few hard-to-find positions with large payoffs or numerous easy-to-fill positions with low payoffs.
5: How familiar are you with social networks, blogs, and online communities. Which ones are you currently a part of, and have you ever used them to recruit?

For HR Position

As you are well aware there is a shortage of information technology professionals. What steps can we take to attract qualified information technology professionals?
What role does the Internet have in recruiting?
Name five recruitment incentives that can improve our company's competitive recruiting position?
What experience have you had in personnel administration?
Tell us about the personnel functions that you have been responsible for.
Tell us about your experience in employee negotiations.
What experience have you had in handling a complaint from an employee?
What are the pros and cons of a team interview?
Name five illegal interview questions.
How steps would you take in improving our supervisors' ability to hire the best possible candidates?
What are the steps in processing a suspension or termination of an employee?
Tell us about a situation where you counseled a supervisor on discipline?
What are the benefits of progressive discipline?
What experience have you with the meet and confer process?
What are the components of an effective performance review program?
Tell us about a performance review program that you developed and implemented.
Tell us about a time when you advised a supervisor and the supervisor chose to ignore your counsel. Knowing what you know today, what would you have done differently?
What tools do you use in determining the salary for a position?
What are the benefits of a merit pay plan?
What are the components of an effective merit pay plan?
What methods would you recommend for educating our employees regarding the company's sexual harassment policy?
One of the difficulties our company has is evaluating suggestions in a timely manner. What changes would you make to expedite evaluations?
Your organization has implemented an employee involvement program. What are some of the measurements that may be used to determine the success of the program?

What were your expectations for your most recent job and to what extent were they met?
What were your responsibilities?
What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them?
Which challenge/problem was the most/least rewarding?
What was the biggest accomplishment/failure in your most recent position?
What previous job was the most satisfying and why?
What previous job was the most frustrating and why?
What motivates you?
What do you find are the most difficult decisions to make?
If the people who know you were asked why you should be hired, what would they say?
Do you prefer to work independently or on a team and why?
Describe a difficult work situation/project and how you overcame it.
What interests you about this job?
Why are you the best person for this job?
What challenges are you looking for in a position?
What is important to you in your next job?
What are your goals for the next five years/ten years?
If you had to describe yourself in only three words, what would those words be?
When I call your references, what will they say is your greatest strength and your greatest weakness?
What are two or three examples of tasks that you do not particularly enjoy doing?
What are two or three examples of tasks that you particularly enjoy doing?
Tell me about a work situation that irritated you.
Tell me about a recent time when you resolved a conflict with a co-worker.
What is your management style? How do you think your subordinates perceive you?
Tell me about the best boss you ever had. Now tell me about the worst. What made it tough to work for her or him?
Give a specific example of something you have done at work that you consider innovative.
If you could do anything in the world, what would you do?
Describe a situation in which you had a difficult (management) problem. How did you solve it?
What is the most difficult decision you’ve had to make? How did you arrive at your decision?
Describe some situations in which you worked under pressure or met deadlines.
How do you measure your own success?
What are your short-term or long-term career goals?
Why should we hire you?
What are you most proud of?
What type of approach to solving work problems seems to work best for you? Give me an example of when you solved a tough problem.
Is there anything you wanted me to know about you that we haven’t discussed?
Do you have any questions for me?
How do you handle stress and pressure?
What applicable attributes or experience do you have that you can bring to this job?
Why are you the best person for this job?
Describe a situation in which you had to work with a difficult person. How did you handle the situation? Is there anything you would have done differently in hindsight?

Describe the largest and most complex project (>$1 M budget and has > 5 direct reports) you have managed from start to finish? How did you get the group to work towards a common goal?

Building rapport is sometimes a very challenging thing to do. Give an example of a time when you were able to build rapport with an individual group member, even when the situation was a difficult one?

Describe your experience in using (Your Field) Ex: standard desktop applications and specifically your experience in using (Your Field) Ex: software packages such as MS Project. How you you rate your skill level?

Describe a specific time when you feel your communication and interpersonal skills really paid off for you in dealing with difficult clients or team members?

Describe your presentation experience that you made on a large project. Who were the various audiences, what was the size of the audience and how did the audience dictate your presentation style? What was the end result?

Junior Manager Qs
1.Where do you expect to be in five years?
2.Give me a list of your strengths and weaknesses?
3.What do you think it takes to be successful in this position?
4.Tell me about your work experience. What did you accomplish?
5.Give me three reasons why you are interested in our company?
6.Which course did you like the best and why?
7.Describe the kind of your boss you prefer?
8.Give me an example of a situation which upsets you in either your school or your place of work?
9.What do you know about our company?
10.Do you prefer working alone or with others?
11.Which of your college years was the most difficult?
12.Can you get recommendations from all your previous employers?
13.D o you like routine work?
14.Define cooperation for me.
15.What the last book you read?
16.What is your major weakness
Re: Junior Manager Qs
1.reputed company
2.self confidence,positive thinking and weak nesses are sometimes i cant give ansewrs on that place
3.i wil do
4.im a fresher
5.got interview,through internet i got good result for this company,and i hope i can learn here
6.ias these peoples (100%) intelligent peoples
7.state forward and dont mine to say wat he want about the work
8.i hope some times in gd
9.this company is now going good
10.work wit alone and share things or take the suggestions wit others
11.12 th year,but i got more knowledge from that year really
12.no im fresher
13.ya obiously....i like
14.dedicated in my work
15.bussiness word
16.i ca nt explain wit so many words