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Whether you’re hiring or looking for work, 20 questions you’ll want to have in your arsenal:
1. What is a common misperception about you? (There's often a seed of truth in the answer.)
- @aarondignan
2. What do you do on your days off?
- @nicolemwms
3. Whose website would you want to design or redesign?
- @hugeinc (jessica bauer-greene)
4. What would your previous boss say is your greatest weakness / strength?
- @brannonmc
5. Are there any accounts or types of work you would not want to do?
- @tfollowell
6. What are you reading?
- @kbordwell, @oktlouisa, @rumblestrut
7. What are your dislikes/pet peeves/frustrations? (Reveals more than asking about their likes.)
- @reneefishman
8. Who do you follow on Twitter, and why?
- @samwilson1
9. What would you do in a panicky situation (e.g. the printer calls at 5:59pm to say a file is corrupted, and your boss already left)?
- @fitforpaper
10. What's your dream job?
- @toflee
11. How many pianos are there in New York? (A variation on this classic question.)
- @CalinBalauru
12. If your boss offered your choice of reward for a job well done, what would you pick?
- @spence7zero
13. What sort of education are you looking for in your next job?
- @scottbelsky
14. How does this position relate to what you really want to be doing?
- @POVevolving
15. What was your first ever job, and how did you get it?
- @MShahab
16. Pepsi or Coke? (Shows me how the interviewee responds to the unexpected.)
- @JaseMiller
17. If you weren't getting paid for what you do, would you still be doing it?
- @DeElgena
18. What do you know about us?
- @pylondesigninc
19. Why are manhole covers round? (This comes from an old Microsoft interview question.)
- @Halaylah, @johnnyfyve
20. When is it okay to break the rules?
- @coopbranding
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What Do You Ask?
Any great questions we missed? What’s in your job interview arsenal?
