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1.

What are your long range and short range goals and objectives,
when and why did you establish these goals and how are you
preparing yourself to achieve them? What is your best asset?

2.

What do you see yourself doing five years from now?

3.

What do you really want to do in life?

4.

What are the most important rewards you expect in your

student life?

5.

What do you expect to be earning in five years?

6.

Why did you choose the career for which you are preparing?

7.

Which is more important to you, the money or the type of job?

8.

What do you consider to be your greatest strengths and

weaknesses?

9.

How would you describe yourself?

10.
How do you think a friend or professor who knows you well
would describe you?
11.

What motivates you to put forth your greatest effort?

12.
How has your college experience prepared you for student
life?
13.

Why should we consider you for a place at our courses?

14.
What qualifications do you have that make you think that you
will be successful in the courses you have chosen?
15.

How do you determine or evaluate success?

16.
In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our
university?
17.

What qualities should a successful student possess?

18.
What two or three accomplishments have given you the most
satisfaction? Why?
19.

Describe your most rewarding highschool experience.

20.
If you were hiring a graduate for this position, what qualities
would you look for?
21.

Why did you select our college or university?

22.

What led you to choose your field or major study?

23.

What highschool subjects did you like best? Why?

24.

What highschool subjects did you like least? Why?

25.
If you could do so, how would you plan your academic study
differently? Why?
26.
What changes would you make in your college or university?
Why?
27.

Do you have plans for continued study? An advanced degree?

28.
Do you think your grades are a good indication of your
academic achievement?
29.
What have you learned from participation in extracurricular
activities?
30.

In what kind of a work environment are you most comfortable?

31.

How do you work under pressure?

32.
How would you describe the ideal course for you following
graduation?
33.

Why did you decide to seek a position with this university?

34.

What do you know about our university?

35.
What two or three things are most important to you in your
life?
36.
What criteria are you using to evaluate the university for which
you hope to apply for?
37.
Why do you think you might like to live in the community in
which our university is located?
38.
What major problem have you encountered and how did you
deal with it?
39.

What have you learned from your mistakes?

1. By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide

variety of people, situations and environments.
2. Describe the most significant or creative presentation that you have
had to complete.
3. Give an example of how you applied knowledge from previous
coursework to a project in another class
4. Describe a situation where others you were working with on a project
disagreed with your ideas. What did you do?
5. Describe a situation in which you found that your results were not up
to your professors or supervisors expectations. What happened?
What action did you take?
6. What was the most complex assignment you have had? What was
your role?
7. How was your transition from high school to college? Did you face
any particular problems?
8. Compare and contrast the times when you did work which was above
the standard with times your work was below the standard.
9. How have you differed from your professors in evaluating your
performance? How did you handle the situation?
10.Describe some projects or ideas (not necessarily your own) that were
implemented, or carried out successfully primarily because of your
efforts.
11.What strategies do you have for maintaining contact with students?
12.How do you help others solve problems?
13.Talk about a time it was difficult for you to remain open-minded.
14.What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
15.What have you learned from your participation in extra-curricular
activities?
16.Why are you seeking a position with our institution?
17.In what type of position are you most interested?
18.What qualifications do you have that make you feel that you will be
successful in your field?
19.Do you prefer any specific geographic location? Why?
20.Define cooperation.
21.What are your own special abilities?
22.Give me an example of a work situation in which you were not proud
of your performance?
23.What do you do after a stressful day?
24.What courses do you think will be the most valuable to you in your
work?

25.What do you think is the biggest challenge facing college students

today?
26.How do you decide what gets top priority when scheduling your time?
27.How do you determine or evaluate success?
28.What is your impression of our institutional mission and values?