HR Guide to the Internet:
Personnel Selection: Interview Questions: Interests

1. Are you interested in sports?
2. Are you looking for a permanent job?
3. Are you really interested in this job, or are you thinking more about getting out of your present job?
4. Are you seeking employment in a company of a certain size? Why?
5. Describe the perfect job.
6. Describe your ideal job based on the industry right now.
7. Do you like working in different locations?
8. Do you like working indoors?
9. Do you like working inside?
10. Do you like working long hours?
11. Do you like working outside?
12. Do you like working overtime?
13. Do you like working with computers?
14. Do you like working with gadgets?
15. Do you like working with numbers?
16. Do you like working with machinery?
17. Do you like working with people?
18. Do you like working?
19. Do you play any sports?
20. Do you play golf?
21. Do you read often?
22. Do you recycle?
23. Do you watch a lot of television or go to movies?
24. Do you watch sports?
25. How did you choose this occupation?
26. How do you spend your spare time?
27. How does your ideal job measure up against the description of the job you're applying for?
28. How interested are you in sports?
29. How would do describe the ideal job for you following graduation?
30. How would you describe the ideal job for you following graduation?
31. How would you describe the ideal job or you?
32. If I hired you for this position, what responsibilities do you most look forward to filling?
33. If you could construct your own job within our company, what factors would you include?
34. If you could create an ideal job, what responsibilities and working atmosphere would you like to have?
35. If you were to start college over tomorrow, what courses should you take? Why?
36. In what extra curricular activities did you participate in school? Do you think they were worth the time you devoted?
37. In what jobs have you been most interested?
38. Is there any class you have completely disliked? Why?
39. Is there anything you have been involved in at college that you are really proud of?
40. What activities have you participated in? Were these worthwhile?
41. What are some of your outside interests or hobbies?
42. What are the extracurriculars you participated in during school? What position you held? What did you learn?
43. What are the most important characteristics you are looking for in a job and why?
44. What are the most important rewards you expect in your (business) career?
45. What are the most important rewards you expect in your profession?
46. What are the most important things to you in a job?
47. What are the most important things you want to get out of a job?
48. What are the most important things a job can offer you?
49. What are two or three things that are most important to you in a job?
50. What are you expecting from an employer?
51. What are your hobbies?
52. What are your interests? (or What types of activities do you like the best?)
53. What are/were some of your extracurricular activities? What did you learn from them?
54. What aspects of the job are the most important?
55. What aspects of the job do you believe are the most important?
56. What aspects to this line of work do you enjoy the most?
57. What brought you to enter this field?
58. What determines your personal choices?
59. What did you like about your previous employer?
60. What did you like (most/least) about your previous job?
61. What did you like least about college?
62. What did you (like/dislike) about your current job?
63. What didn't you like about your previous (position/employer)?
64. What do you do with your spare time?
65. What do you do to maintain good physical condition?
66. What do you hope to do in your next job?
67. What do you hope to do in your next job that you can not do in your present position?
68. What do you hope your next (job/employer) will be like?
69. What do you like most about your profession?
70. What do you like most about your current employer?
71. What do you like most about your current job?
72. What do you like most about this job opening?
73. What do you like most about our company?
74. What do you like to do the most?
75. What do you like to do with your spare time?
76. What do you like/dislike most about your current position?
77. What do you look for in a job and why do you look for those things?
78. What do you particularly like about your position?
79. What do you think is the most important thing in working in a company? What do you think is the least important?
80. What extracurricular activities did you take part in?
81. What extracurricular activities were you active in?
82. What factors are important to you in a job?
83. What industry do you want to work in?
84. What profession do you want to work in?
85. What interests you about our product (or service)?
86. What interests you about our company?
87. What interests you about this position?
88. What is most important to you in a job?
89. What is the latest book you read?
90. What is the most important aspect of your current job?
91. What is the most recent movie you saw?
92. What is the reason for a career change?
93. What is your favorite computer platform?
94. What is your favorite hobby?
95. What is your favorite job?
96. What is your favorite sport?
97. What job are you interested in?
98. What job do you want to do immediately?
99. What jobs do you like to do?
100. What jobs have you enjoyed the (most/least)? Why?
101. What jobs have you enjoyed least (in your career)?
102. What jobs have you enjoyed most (in your career)?
103. What kind of job are you looking for?
104. What kind of job do you like to do?
105. What kind of job do you want immediately?
106. What kind of position are you looking for?
107. What kind of work interests you most?
108. What kind of work interests you the most? The least?
109. What kinds of extra-curricular activities have you been involved in?
110. What lead you to choose your (college/university)?
111. What lead you to choose your field of study?
112. What led you to choose your major? What courses have you enjoyed most? Least? Why?
113. What led you to choose your major field of study?
114. What position are you interested in?
115. What position in our company interests you?
116. What about our company interests you the most?
117. What sports do you play?
118. What is most important to you in a job?
119. What trade journals do you read?
120. What types of books and/or magazines do you read?
121. What was the last book you read?
122. What was the most favorite book you read?
123. What was the last movie you saw?
124. What was wrong with your last employer?
125. What was wrong with your last job?
126. What was your most boring job?
127. What was your most boring employer?
128. What was your most interesting job?
129. What was your most interesting employer?
130. What were some of your extracurricular activities in college? What did you learn from them? Did you hold any offices?
131. What were the most enjoyable aspects of your last job? What were the least enjoyable aspects?
132. What were your favorite extracurricular activities?
133. What work do you like the (most/least)?
134. What would you do if money was not a concern?
135. What would you do if you knew you were going to die tomorrow?
136. What's your favorite book or TV show?
137. What's your idea of the ultimate job?
138. Which activities did you most enjoy? Why?
139. Which of your jobs have you liked the (most/least)?
140. Why are you changing jobs?
141. Why are you looking for a career change?
142. Why are you looking to change jobs?
143. Why are you majoring in (____)?
144. Why did choose the career for which you are studying?
145. Why did you choose the career for which you are preparing?
146. Why did you choose this career?
147. Why did you choose this (college/university)?
148. Why did you choose your (previous/current) job?
149. Why did you leave your previous position?
150. Why did you major in (____)?
151. Why did you pick this minor?
152. Why did you quit your job?
153. Why do you like working in this (field/profession)?
154. Why do you want to work for our company?
155. Why do you want to work for our organization?
156. Why do you want to leave your current employer?
157. Would you prefer excellent pay or job satisfaction?