good questions to ask when interviewing someone about their career?
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['What are your main responsibilities as a...?', 'What is a typical day (or week) like for you?', 'What do you like most about your work?', 'What do you like least about your work?', 'What kinds of problems do you deal with?', 'What kinds of decisions do you make?']
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['What are your primary job responsibilities?', 'What experience did you have to get your job?', 'How long have you worked here?', 'What is your own background and experience?', 'What is a typical work day like?', 'How long is your work day?', 'How much variety is there in your work?', 'How much training/supervision do or did you receive?']
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['How long have you been working here? ... ', 'What do you like most about working here? ... ', 'Why are you successful at the company?']
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['What are your strengths? ... ', 'What are your weaknesses? ... ', 'What grades did you get in college? ... ', 'What were your responsibilities when you worked at job x? ... ', 'Why do you want to work here? ... ', 'How many people were on your team at your last job? ... ', 'Where do you see yourself in five years?']
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['Tell me about your work experience. Example answer.', 'How do you define success? ... ', 'How do you work under pressure? ... ', 'What is your dream job? ... ', 'What can you bring to the company? ... ', 'How do you handle conflict at work? ... ', 'Why are you interested in this position? ... ', 'What skills would you bring to the job?']
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['Before the Second Interview.', 'What are your career goals?', 'Why do you want this position?', 'Why should we hire you?', 'What is your ideal work environment?', 'What would you want to accomplish in your first 30 days at this company?', 'What challenges are you lacking in your current job?']
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['What do I want from my career?', 'What skills do I have to offer?', 'What skills do I want to improve?', 'What company environment suits me the best?', 'What is my desired salary?', 'Are opportunities for promotions and career growth important to me in a role?', 'Do I have a location or commute time limit in mind?']
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['What is your company culture like? ... ', 'Are there opportunities for career development? ... ', 'How does this job fit into the team structure?']
865941
['Tell me about yourself.', 'What are your greatest strengths?', 'What is your greatest weakness?', 'Where do you see yourself in 5 years?', 'What led you to pursue your degree/industry?', 'What areas of this profession are you most interested in and why?', 'Why are you interested in this position?']
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['What do you love about your job?', "What's the best career decision you've ever made?", "What's the worst career decision you've ever made?", 'What would you be doing if you were me now?', 'How do you organise your time?', 'What do you think is your greatest strength?']
939301
['What do you enjoy most about working here? ... ', 'Where do you hope the company will be in five years? ... ', "Can you tell me about the team I'll be working with? ... ", 'How would you describe the work environment here? ... ', "What's the next step of this process?"]
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['Tell me a bit about yourself?', 'What attracted you to apply for this position?', 'How would you describe your work style?', "What can you tell me that isn't on your resume that is important for me to know about you?", 'Would you rather finish something late and perfectly, or on-time and imperfectly?']
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['Why do you want to work for us? ... ', 'How well do you understand the industry/job? ... ', 'What are your hobbies? ... ', 'What positions of responsibility have you held/Give an example of when you have shown leadership. ... ', 'Why are you the best candidate for the job?']
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['What has your career path been? ... ', 'Why [this industry]? ... ', 'What is your current role like? ... ', 'What does an average week look like for you? ... ', 'What are your career aspirations? ... ', 'Are there any expectations you had about this career path that you have found differed to reality, in both a good or bad way?']
358489
['Tell me about yourself. ... ', 'What are your weaknesses? ... ', 'Why should we choose you for this job? ... ', 'What are your hobbies outside of work? ... ', "Where do you see yourself in five years' time? ... ", 'Why are you leaving your current position? ... ', 'What are your main strengths? ... ', 'Why do you want to work here?']
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['How am I doing? ... ', 'What type of training would you recommend for me to advance in my career? ... ', 'How would you have approached this project or situation? ... ', 'How are you doing at this moment? ... ', "What's your preference when it comes to communication?"]
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['What in your life story makes you special, unique or impressive?', 'What interests you about the field of work/study for which you are applying and how did you learn about it?', 'What are your relevant work experiences?', 'What are your career goals?']