Personnel Selection: Interview Questions: Flexibility
- After being with the same employer for so long, do you think that it might be difficult to start at a new job?
- Can you forget your education and start from scratch?
- Can you start in this new profession?
- Can you work irregular hours?
- Describe how your job changed.
- Describe the biggest change you've brought to your present company?
- Describe the changes that took place at your (previous/current) employer.
- Describe the most difficult problem on your last job, and tell me how you overcame it.
- Describe situations in which you had a variety of projects simultaneously.
- Do you feel comfortable making procedural changes affecting your department?
- Do you have a problem with irregular hours?
- Do you have a problem with non-routine tasks?
- Do you like routine work?
- Do you think you've been with one company for too long?
- Do you view job security as of prime importance?
- Has your job changed as a result of re-organization? Please explain.
- Have you been through a re-organization?
- How do you cope with change?
- How do you deal with surprises?
- How do you handle change?
- How have you handled difficult changes in your working situation in the past?
- How have you responded to your greatest disappointments?
- How important is job security to you?
- How would you change your current working conditions?
- How would you handle a decision for which no procedure existed?
- If you could change something about this position, what would it be?
- If you could change something in the course of your life, what would you change?
- This is a much larger company than you've ever worked at. How do you feel about that?
- This is a much smaller company than you've ever worked at. How do you feel about that?
- What adjustments do you expect to make in this job since it is so different from your (previous/current) employment?
- What are your opinions on the challenges facing our company?
- What can you do to help adjust to a new job?
- What changes do you see this industry making in order to stay competitive?
- What changes would you make in your current job?
- What do you do when starting a new job?
- What happens when two priorities compete for your time?
- What is the most difficult change you've encountered in your career?
- What is the most difficult change you've faced in your career?
- What job responsibilities would you like to avoid on a new job?
- What major problem have you encountered and how did you deal with it?
- What major problem have you encountered and how did you handle it?
- What major provlem have you encountered? How did you resolve it?
- What problems do you have tolerating people different from you?
- What will be the most difficult aspect of making the transition from college to your career? Why?
- What will you do to compensate for your deficiencies?
- What will you do to correct weaknesses?
- What would you change about your current job or position?
- What would you do to meet a deadline of a project?
- Would you be happy in an entry-level job?
- Would you consider a career change?
- Would you prefer a large or a small company? Why?