interviews in Sweden

1. Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
2. Can you name three positive things about yourself?
3. Can you name three weaknesses?
4. What have you done in earlier jobs that shows that you take initiative?
5. How do you react on criticism?
6. How would your best friend/boyfriend/girlfriend describe you?
7. Describe the job of your dreams!
8. Can you define success?
9. Can you define setback or tell us about a setback that you have experienced?
10. Which types of people do you get along with? and which don’t you?
11. What motivates you at work?
12. What makes you frustrated or upset?
13. Which role do you usually take in a group?
14. How do you feel about talking in front of a group? If you have before, how did you prepare?
15. What do you do in your sparetime? do you have any hobby?
16. How do you want your work to develop?
17. Where do you see yourself in 5, 10 years?
18. Can you describe what education you have, and why you choose to study what you did?
19. How does your grades look, are you happy with them?
20. How are your language skills?
21. Have you been engaged in any projects or organisations, and in that case what have your work meant?
22. Have you had any extra jobs while studying?
23. Which type of a boss do you prefer?
24. Which typ of a job interest you the most?
25. What did your job as a boss mean?
26. How come you’re trying to get the job as a boss here?
27. Have you ever quitted a job? in that case why?
28. Have you worked with a deadline, and in that case how did you organise your work?
29. How do you react on stress, and how do you handle it?
30. How would earlier employers describe your work?
31. Describe a situation where a colleague have asked you for help!
32. There’s a period of your life in the cv where you don’t describe what you did. Why is that?
33. What kind of a job are you looking for, and have you applied for any other jobs than this?
34. Which possibilities of development is there within your sector?
35. Which are the most important rewards you expect from work?
36. Do you prefer big or small companies?
37. Can you shortely describe your earlier jobs, what the companies worked with, your role, and why you moved on?
38. What are you doing at your current job?
39. Why did you get the job that you have today?
40. What do you know about us?
41. Why do you want to work for us?
42. What is so good about this particular job, and why do u want it?
43. According to your papers you are over-qualified, how do you feel about that?
44. Why should we hire you?
45. Which part of the company or which particular job do are you most interested in?
46. Are you willing to work overtime?
47. Which type of environment do you like the most?
48. Which 3 demands do you expect from your employer?
49. Did you miss any of the 3 demands with your earlier employers?
50. Do you have any references I can call?
51. Is there anything else I should know about you?
52. Do you have any more questions?
53. When can you start?