50 Common Interview Questions.
1. Tell me about you.
2. Tell me about your secretarial work history.
3. What is your most important achievement to date?
4. How do you describe your ideal secretarial job?
5. Why did you choose this secretarial career?
6. When did you decide on a secretarial admin career?
7. What goals do you have in your admin secretarial job?
8. How do you plan to achieve your goals?
9. How do you define success?
10. Describe a situation in which you were successful.
11. What do you think it takes to be successful in this career?
12. What accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction in your life?
13. If you had to live your life over again, what one thing would you change?
14. Would you rather work with information or with people?
15. Are you a team player?
16. What things motivate you?
17. Why should we hire you?
18. Are you a goal-oriented person?
19. Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them.
20. What are your short-term goals?
21. What is your long-range objective?
22. What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
23. Where do you want to become ten years from now?
24. Do you handle conflict well?
25. Have you ever had a conflict with a boss or professor? How did you resolve it?
26. What major problem have you had to deal with recently?
27. Do you handle pressure well?
28. What is your greatest strength?
29. What is your biggest weakness?
30. If I were to ask one of your professors (or a boss) to describe you, what would he or she say?
31. Why did you choose to attend your college?
32. What changes would you make at your college?
33. How has your education prepared you for your career?
34. What were your favoured classes? Why?
35. Do you enjoy doing independent research?
36. Who were your prefered professors? Why?
37. Why is your salary not higher?
38. Do you have any plans for further education?
39. How much training do you think you'll need to become a productive employee?
40. What qualities do you feel a successful office manager should have?
41. Why do you want to work in the secretarial industry?
42. What do you know about this company?
43. Why are you interested in our company?
44. Do you have any location preferences?
45. How familiar are you with the community that we're located in?
46. Are you willing to relocate? In the future?
47. Are you willing to travel? How much?
48. Is money important to you?
49. How much money do you need to make to be happy?
50. What kind of salary are you looking for?


