Hot Seat Interview Questions
32 interview questions that can make you nervous.
- If you were at a business lunch and you ordered a rare steak and they brought it to you well done, what would you do?
- If I were to give you this salary you requested but let you write your job description for the next year, what would it say?
- Why is there fuzz on a tennis ball?
- How would you go about establishing your credibility quickly with the team?
- There's no right or wrong answer, but if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?
- How would you feel working for someone who knows less than you?
- What kind of car do you drive?
- What's the last book you read?
- What magazines do you subscribe to?
- Why should we hire you?
- How do you think I rate as an interviewer?
- What are three positive things your last boss would say about you?
- What negative thing would your last boss say about you?
- If you were an animal, which one would you want to be?
- What would you do if you won the lottery?
- Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?
- Tell me a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?
- What is your greatest fear?
- What three character traits would your friends use to describe you?
- List five words that describe your character.
- Sell me this pencil. Tell me 10 ways to use a pencil other than writing.
- If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?
- Do you think a leader should be feared or liked?
- What do you like to do for fun? What do you do in your spare time?
- Why did you choose your major?
- What is your biggest regret, and why?
- What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it?
- How many times do a clock's hands overlap in a day?
- If you could choose one superhero power, what would it be and why? Who are your heroes?
- What's the best movie you've seen in the last year?
- If you could get rid of any one of the US states, which one would get rid of, and why?
- With your eyes closed, tell me step-by-step how to tie my shoes.