Common Interview Questions

About Yourself

• Please introduce yourself.
  
  
• What do you consider to be your strengths or weaknesses, and your development needs?
  
  
• Why are you interested in joining our Company?
  
  
• What qualifications/skills/experience do you have to make a right candidate for this job?
  
  
• Why are you suitable for a career in the Information Technology field and why with the Banking Industry in particular?
  
  
• Where do you hope to be in five/ten years?
  
  
• How can you contribute to the success of the company?
  
  
• What are your career objectives? And what have you done to achieve these objectives?
  
  
• Describe the biggest challenge in your life. How did you face it? And what did you learn from this experience?
  
  
• Describe a situation in which you initiated a project related to your work, school, or co-curricular activities.  What was your role in that project?
  
  
• What has been your greatest accomplishment in your university life or outside school?
  
  
• In what school activities have you participated? Why? Which did you enjoy the most?
  
  
• What have you learned from your internship/or responsibilities you have held?
  
  
• What do you expect to get from this interview besides a possible employment opportunity to be appointed as our Management Trainee?
  
  
• How do you convince me to hire you?
  
  

Current Affairs

• Tell me about your views on universal suffrage.
  
  
• How do you define poverty? Is it a major concern in HK?
  
  
• Please comment on the standard of food safety in Hong Kong.
  
  
• What are your opinions on the air pollution control measures in HK?
  
  
• Can you comment on the existing medical services in HK?
  
  
• Do you support the idea of building Las Vegas style casinos/gaming halls/hotels on Lantau Island so as to attract more tourists, especially those from the Mainland, to HK? Why?
  
  
• The university education system is going to be converted from the existing 3-year programme to a 4-year programme in 2012. What are your views on such move?
  
  
• What are your views on the Chief Executive’s new policy address?
  
  
• Can you comment on the immigration policies on Mainland pregnant women giving birth in Hong Kong?
  
  
• Global warming and carbon dioxide emissions have been described as “planetary emergency” by former US Vice-President Al Gore. Do you agree?
  
  
• What measures should be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? Which country or countries should take the lead on climate change?
  
  

Situational Questions

• Imagine you are a newly-recruited Management Trainee and have a contrary/conflicting view on certain issues against your immediate supervisor. Will you confront him/her, or will you comply with what he/she says? Why?
• How will you manage your client if he/she always has undue and unreasonable demand?

IQ Questions

• There are 100 stones (50 black and 50 white in each jar), and 2 boxes in front of you. You are now required to place all the 100 stones in two boxes (with your eyes blindfolded). In what way are you going to distribute the stones so that you can make sure that you can take one white and one black stone from each box?
  
  

Sample Questions to ask the Interviewer

• Can you tell me about the corporate culture of the Company?
  
  
• What are the career opportunities/planning available within the Company?
  
  
• Are there opportunities for overseas assignment/training?
  
  
• How is the organisation/department structured – reporting relationship, number of people?
  
  
• Are there any opportunities for interdepartmental deployment and job rotation?
  
  
• Can you describe what life is like working in this Company?
  
  
• When will the interview results be announced?