Job interview questions | Standard graduate first round job interview questions
This type of interview is particularly typical of companies that have a large intake of graduates every year. Therefore you should expect this type of first round interview if you are going for a graduate job at one of the big accounting firms such as KPMG, PwC, Deloitte or Ernst & Young.
Some applications will get through these questions before you go to interview by placing the questions in the application form.
The best way to answer these questions is to think up a list of situations where you have been successful, where you have faced problems and where you have achieved your goals. Thinking up a list of about six different situations should allow you to be adaptable enough to answer these generic questions.
Examples of the sort of generic job interview question you should expect include:
- Tell me a little bit about yourself?
- What do you consider to be your strengths?
- Do you have any weaknesses?
- Why do you want to leave your present job?
- Tell me about a difficult experience at work and how you dealt with it.
- What is your current salary?
- What made you decide to join this profession?
- What do you know about our business?
- Do you work well under pressure?
- Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
- What are your major achievements to date?
- What do you do in your spare time?
- Describe how you see the role.
- What is the biggest mistake you have made? What did you learn from this mistake?
- Do you prefer working with others or working alone?
- Do you make your opinions known when you disagree with the views of your supervisor?
- Have you applied for any other jobs?
