Traditional questions
Traditional questions focus on topics such as your career goals, leadership, teamwork and professionalism. There is no "right" answer to these questions. Instead, employers are more interested in your overall work style and ability to communicate.
Tips for answering common traditional interview questions:
Behavior-based questions
Behavioral questions are designed to determine your future behavior given specific experiences from your past. Consider answering these questions using the STAR method.
Tips for answering common traditional interview questions:
Technical questions
Depending on the job, employers will want to know if you have the specific skills that are required to complete certain job tasks. When responding to a technical question, employers are evaluating your logic and problem solving skills. When answering these questions, share your thought process and demonstrate how you arrive at your answer.
Examples of technical questions:
- What is your experience in operating tools to assess the security of IT networks?
- What is the capacity of human brain memory?
Questions to ask your interviewer
It is important to create 3-5 questions to ask at the end of your interview. This is your chance to ask questions that cannot be answered through the job description or by searching the organization’s website.
Avoid questions that are based on the presumption of being offered the position too early in the interview process (i.e. "what is the salary range for this position?”). Questions of this nature can be asked after the preliminary interviews if they have not been addressed by the employer already.
Examples questions to asks:
- What do you enjoy about your position or the company?
- What have been some major contributions made by individuals who have held this job previously?
- What are some challenges that this role may face?
- Based on your experience with the company, what have you seen in terms of opportunities for advancement in this functional area?
- Could you tell me about the people with whom I would be working? What types of positions do they hold?
- How would you characterize the culture of this organization?