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General
- Tell me about yourself
- Describe your personality
- What do you do in your spare time?
Job search status
- Why are you looking for a job?
- What kind of job are you looking for?
- How long have you been looking?
- Why has it taken you so long to find a new job?
- Why have you had so many jobs?
- Why have you stayed with your employer for so long?
- Why do you choose to work in a temporary position?
Education
- Why did you select the schools you attended?
- How did/do you perform in school?
- If you are in school, what are your commitments?
- Do you have any plans to continue your education?
- What continuing education classes have you taken?
Goals
- What are your career goals?
- What have your/are you doing to achieve your goals?
- Why did you become a paralegal?
- How does this position further your goals?
Performance
- Describe your role as a paralegal
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses and what are you doing to correct
them?
- In what ways do you think you have been successful?
- Have you ever failed? How did you handle it?
- Have you ever been fired or asked to resign? Why?
- Have you ever been criticized, fairly or unfairly? What for?
How did you resolve it?
- Describe a time when your were disappointed in your behavior
and what you did to resolve it
- Describe a time when you anticipated potential problems and
developed preventive measures
Previous jobs
- What did/do you like about or dislike about each of your former/current
jobs?
- What did/do you do at each of your former/current jobs?
- Describe the environment, people, culture at your former/current
jobs
- How did you/why did you leave each of your former jobs?
- Were your former bosses satisfied with you?
- Did you leave any positions on bad terms?
- Are there any past employers you do not want contacted? Why
not?
Work ethic
- Tell me about your work ethic. Are you loyal? Do you go the
extra mile?
- How do you feel about traveling, overtime, working on weekends?
Work style, motivation and initiative
- Do you prefer to work alone or with others?
- Do you consider yourself a team player? An independent worker?
- Are you self-motivated? What motivates you?
- Describe a time when you took the initiative to accomplish
something. What was the response you received?
- Describe the workflow in your current position. How you get
your work? Who do you delegate work to? How has this worked out?
Give examples of effective and ineffective work control
- Describe a time when you convinced others to do something you
really believed in. What was the outcome?
Skills
- Tell me about your experience and how it applies to this position
- Give me an example of your skills in each of these areas:
- Analysis
- Attention to detail
- Case management
- Client management
- Communication
- Creativity
- Document management
- Drafting
- Independent judgment, thinking
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Problem solving
- Research
- Supervision
- Use of technology
- Writing
- What has been your most challenging assignment? Why?
- What are your most significant accomplishments?
- What is the most difficult decision you have ever had to make?
- Tell me how you prioritize your workload
- Describe a time when you were unable to complete a project
on time
Relationships and people skills
- Describe your boss and your relationship with him/her
- How would your boss describe you?
- Describe the office staff and your relationship with them
- How would the office staff describe you?
- What kind of people/boss do you prefer to work with?
- What kind of people/boss do you dislike the most?
- Describe the most difficult person you have had to work for
- How do you handle failures or weaknesses in others?
- Describe a time when you handled a difficult situation with
a co-worker
- When you are supervising people, how do you motivate them?
- Describe a situation in which you got caught up in office politics
fairly or unfairly. How did you handle it?
- Describe the type of clients you have worked with
Crisis, pressure, risk, decision making
- How do you handle crises? Pressure? Give examples
- What decisions are most difficult for you?
- Describe a time when you had to take a risk \
- Have you ever had to deal with an irate client, attorney? How
did you handle it?
- Describe a time when you had to make an important decision
with limited facts
- Describe a time when you made a bad decision
- Describe a time when you had to adapt to a difficult situation
- Describe a time when you surmounted a major obstacle
Current job opening
- What do you know about our company?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why should we hire you?
- How can you contribute to this company?
- How long will it take you to make a meaningful contribution
to our firm?
- How long do you plan on staying?
- What other types of jobs or companies are you considering?
- How is this job different from the other positions you have
interviewed for?
Conclusion
- When are you available to start?
- Is there anything that I have forgotten to ask you?
Salary
- What is your current salary, bonus, overtime compensation?
- What are your current benefits?
- What kind of money are you looking for?
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