Basic Interview Questions:
1. Can you tell me a little about yourself? (briefly)
2. How did you hear about the position?
3. What do you know about the company?
4. Why do you want this job?
5. Why should we hire you? What makes you special?
6. What are your greatest professional strengths?
7. What do you consider to be your weaknesses?
8. What is your greatest professional achievement?
9. Tell me about a challenge or conflict you've faced at work, and how you dealt with it.
10. Where do you see yourself in five years?
11. What's your dream job?
12. What other companies are you interviewing with?
13. Why are you leaving your current job?
14. Why were you fired?
15. What are you looking for in a new position?
16. What type of work environment do you prefer?
17. What's your management style?
18. What's a time you exercised leadership?
19. What's a time you disagreed with a decision that was made at work?
20. How would your boss and co-workers describe you?
21. Why was there a gap in your employment?
22. Can you explain why you changed career paths?
23. How do you deal with pressure or stressful situations?
24. What would your first 30, 60, or 90 days look like in this role?
25. What are your salary requirements?
The #1 rule of answering this question is doing your research on what you should be paid by using sites like Local 839 Wage Survey, Payscale, Glassdoor while having informational data to back it up. You’ll likely come up with a range, and we recommend stating the highest number in that range that applies, based on your experience, education, and skills. Then, make sure the hiring manager knows that you're flexible. You're communicating that you know your skills are valuable, but that you want the job and are willing to negotiate.
Is the position salaried? Do we work on the weekends? Special needs?
26. What do you like to do outside of work that supports your career?
27. If you were an animal, which one would you want to be?
28. How many tennis balls can you fit into a limousine?
29. Are you planning on having children?
30. What do you think we could do better or differently?
31. Do you have any questions for us?
32. Do you live local?
Questions for an Employer:
Art related questions
1. Could you please tell me a little about your production pipeline?
2. What time are the day to day operations of the studio?
3. What days and times are the weekly meetings?
4. What are current projects are the company is working on?
5. What do you see the company moving ahead towards?
6. After the production is finished, are there other projects to move towards?
Questions for Review Board
1. Can you tell me more about the day-to-day responsibilities of this job?
2. What do you think are the most important qualities for someone to excel in this role?
3. What are your expectations for this role during the first 30 days, 60 days, year?
4. Describe the culture of the company.
5. Where do you think the company is headed in the next 5 years?
6. Who do you consider your top competitor, and why?
7. What are the biggest opportunities facing the company/department right now?
8. What are the biggest challenges facing the company/department right now?
9. What do you like best about working for this company?
10. What is the typical career path for someone in this role?
11. How do I compare with the other candidates you’ve interviewed for this role?
12. What are the next steps in the interview process?
Specific Interview questions for specific jobs (teaching, substitute, part time work)
1. Can you please tell me your experience with Photoshop?
2. Please tell your experience dealing with problematic students?
(Steps and procedure....)
3. Please tell mw your experience dealing with problematic faculty?
(Steps and procedure)
4. Your experience and efforts involved with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?
5. Experience with non teaching college duties ? ( curriculum, hiring boards, faculty senate, out reach events, promotion, funding, grant writing , scholarships, outside organizations )
6.Please tell us about a recent professional work experience project, what you did on the project and what your responsibilities are?
7. What do you feel are requirements our students need to make it in the industry?
8. What do you feel this generation is missing or needs to make it in the industry?
