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Our fifteen favorite interview questions for pretty much every job in your
health and wellness business.
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me YOUR tried-and-true favorites and I'll add them to the list (and credit
you, of course).
1) What processes did you improve in your last position?
2) Have you ever been fired? Why?
3) Tell me about
a specific time your communication skills made a big difference.
4)
What's a creative way to...(tackle a position-appropriate challenge)?
5)
What are some things your current employer could do differently to be more
successful?
6) What's the biggest misperception people have of you? Why?
7) What feedback would you give your current manager if asked?
8)
Describe a situation in which you worked as part of a team but your team failed
to accomplish the goal on time and within budget. What was your role? What did
you learn?
9) Describe a situation working in a group or team where there
was interpersonal conflict. Describe how you approached the conflict. What
worked and what didn't? How did you handle the outcome?
10) What are the
challenges that you would expect from this position?
11) Describe the
worst day you ever had at work and how you coped with it. What would you have
done differently knowing what you know now?"
12) How do you make a
grilled cheese sandwich? (or a hot dog)
Why? You want to see if they think in an organized, process-oriented fashion.
Do they describe a procedure, or just say "you cook it on the stove"?
13) Tell me about a time when you were working
hard to complete a task and you were asked to leave that task before completing
it and start a different job.
14) What are the biggest strengths you will
bring to this organization? What are the things you do not like to do, and not
want to work on?
15) Think of someone you've had problems with at work
and would NEVER use as a reference. Tell me five words they might use to
describe you and why? How did you deal with it?
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