Common interview questions

Interview questions to practise before your next job interview

The best interview questions to practise are not always the most unusual ones. Start with the questions that reveal your motivation, your evidence, and how you think when the interviewer asks for more detail.

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Start with the questions that set the tone

Opening and motivation questions shape the rest of the interview. If you can answer them clearly, you give yourself a stable foundation before the more detailed behavioural questions arrive.

Prepare the ideas, not a script. Your answer should sound relevant to this role and leave space for the interviewer to choose a follow-up.

  • Tell me about yourself.
  • Why do you want this role?
  • Why this company?
  • What interests you about this type of work?

Then practise questions that need evidence

Behavioural questions ask for proof, not just a preference. Pick three to five flexible examples that show different strengths, then adapt the emphasis to the question in front of you.

Practice is most useful when it includes one follow-up. That is where vague claims become specific and where you learn whether the example really supports the skill you named.

  • Tell me about a time you solved a problem.
  • Describe a time you worked with different priorities.
  • Give an example of feedback that changed your approach.
  • Tell me about a time something did not go to plan.
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