Students are encouraged to book an advising appointment for a mock interview to prepare for interviews, but you can also use these questions for self-study. You can book your advising appointment on campusBRIDGE.
You can also partner with a friend and they can ask you a sample question while you answer to practice interviewing.
- Please describe your past work experience for me. I’m interested in learning about experiences that may be relevant to this position.
- How has your education prepared you for this position? What courses have you taken which you feel are particularly relevant?
- What is your previous experience with our organization’s main client group? (Examples: children, seniors, international students.)
- Describe an experience where your cultural sensitivity or knowledge played a role in building relationships or achieving a goal
- Describe a time when you had to be careful talking about sensitive information.
- Tell me about a situation in which you have had to adjust quickly to changes in organizational or departmental priorities. What was the impact of the changes on you?
- Tell me about a time you worked towards a goal that benefited the public. What was the outcome?
- Tell us about a time that you have contributed positively to a team in order to achieve results.
- Describe a situation where you had to take initiative and work independently to complete a project.
- The person in this position will be expected to complete their work with very little supervision. Tell me about an experience you had working independently. What did you do if you had a question you needed an answer to before you could proceed?
- Tell us about an experience you had interviewing people. What did you learn from the experience?
- This position requires public speaking, customer service, applying and adhering to policy, promotions, and program development. Which of these areas is your strongest and tell me about a time in the past when you have demonstrated that ability. (You can use other skills and abilities from a job posting).
- Give an example of how you demonstrated flexibility in a high-pressure environment.
- Tell me about your experience in conducting research.
- Have you ever had to deal with criticism that you felt was unfair? Tell me about a time when you received criticism or feedback that you felt was unfair. What did you learn from this experience?
- Tell me about a time when you had to evaluate a program and provide recommendations based on your evaluation. What was the outcome of your evaluation?
- In this position you will need to work with various external stakeholders. Tell me about a time when you worked successfully with external stakeholders.
- Describe a time you had to prepare a written document under a tight deadline. How did you ensure quality?
- Tell me a successful presentation you gave and why you think it did well.
- Describe a project you worked on or a problem you helped solve that would demonstrate your ability to deal with people.
Updated March 2025 with the assistance of ChatGPT