General TMA interview

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Tell me, who are you?
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What are you most proud of in your life?
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How do you see your own talents and skills?
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What can you do better than other people?
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And what are your weaknesses? ...
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Name three points on which you want to work this year?
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What gives you energy?
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What recent choice do you regret?
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What would you like to learn this year?
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Tell me about the time when you received negative feedback?

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What is your understanding of this job?
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What is your motivation in applying for this job?
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What do you know about our company?
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What makes us different from our competitors?
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Name 3 advantages of our product 'x'
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How long have you been looking for a job like this?
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How did you prepare for this job interview?

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The day you come home from the best job in the world, what have you done this day?

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What are your responsibilities in your current job?
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What did you like or dislike about your current job?
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Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
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Why did you leave your past jobs?
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Have you ever been fired? Why

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Tell me about your current boss?
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How did your current boss get the best out of you?
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What would you do differently than your boss?
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What are some things your boss did, that you disliked?
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Do you feel your boss rates your performance accurately?
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What is your general impression of your current company?

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Why did you choose your study?
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If you could do it all over again, would you choose the same study again?
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Why did you choose your major in college?
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What is your thesis about and why that topic?
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What is the most important lesson you learned during your studies?

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What are you really passionate about?
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What are your dreams in life?
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What do you want to be ultimately?
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What do you want to learn here?

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Tell me what you like to do most in life?
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What do you like to do for fun?
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What do you like about your current job?
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What do you like better: money or inspirational work?

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Do you work better in a team, with one partner or solo?
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What would you bring to the team?
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Tell me about sports you do? Are you group oriented? How does this show?
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Are you a sociable person? Give me an example that shows you are social
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Have you recently been to a reception or another social event? How did you spend your time?

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Who has been your greatest inspiration in life, why did this person inspire you?
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Who was your best boss/coworker and who was the worst? Why
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What makes a person inspiring or motivational for you?
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Tell me about your last supervisor ...

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What kind of books do you read in general?
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What is the last book you have read? Tell me why you liked or disliked it
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How do you continue learning at work or in life?
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Which books have you read to improve yourself last year?
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What kind of books don’t you like?

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How and where did you pick up your languages?
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Could we continue this interview in this language?
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What is the last website you visited or book you read in this language?
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How do you keep your knowledge up to date in this language?

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What kind of websites you usually visit? Why?
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Do you have a personal website? What goals do you pursue with it?
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What steps did you go through to create your website?
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On average, how many hours a week do you spend on internet?
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How do you estimate your own level of knowledge about the Internet? Why?

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How much would you charge to wash all the windows in your city?
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Why are manhole covers round?
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How would you design an evacuation plan for a medium-sized city?
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How would you find out if someone has your correct phone number, without asking directly?
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How would you explain the concept of a database to an eight year old child?
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N.B. For most difficult questions assess the thinking process and the reaction of your candidate. Not the exact right answer. Please note the following:
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Is your candidate asking for more background information?
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How does your candidate react on the difficult question (irritated, analytical or offensive). Customers ask difficult questions ...
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How does your candidate deal with this situation?

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How much have you been absent from your last job?
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What is your current salary?
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How would you rate me as an interviewer? What would you have done different?
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Do you have any questions for me?
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Why do you want to work with our organization?
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When can you actually start?
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What appeals to you more: Well paid or inspiring work? What, would you call inspiring work then?