INTERVIEW QUESTIONS OFTEN ASKED BY EMPLOYERS
1. What do you know about this company?
2. What did you do to prepare for this interview?
3. What abilities or qualities would you bring to this job?
4. How have your prior experiences/studies prepared you for this job?
5. Why did you choose Northeastern University?
6. Why did you choose your field of study?
7. What courses have you performed best in?
8. What course(s) have given you the biggest challenge?
9. Tell me about yourself.
10. Tell me about your strengths.
11. What would you say is the most important thing you have learned to date from your college career?
12. Tell me about a time that you failed at something and what did you do afterwards?
13. How do you think a professor would describe you?
14. List three things a former supervisor and coworkers would say about you.
15. What has been our most rewarding college experience?
16. What have you learned from your mistakes?
17. What success has given you a high degree of satisfaction?
18. Do you think your grades are a good indication of your academic achievements?
19. What on-campus activities or organizations are you involved in?
20. What have you learned from participating in extra-curricular activities in college or high school?
21. How do you work under pressure and deadlines?
22. Give an example of when you have had to utilize your organizational skills.
23. Describe a time when you worked on a team project. What was your position on the team?
24. What has been the most difficult part of college life?
25. What would you say is your best quality?
26. Describe a time when you were in a leadership role. How did it go? What did you learn?
27. Describe a time where you used initiative or self-motivation.
28. Describe and rate your ability to plan and organize. Give me an example.
29. Describe your electrical/ computer know-how.
30. How would you rate your interpersonal skills? Give an example.
31. What interests/hobbies do you have that relate to engineering? (E.g. music electronics, robotics)