40 QUESTIONS ABOUT INSTRUCTION

In this chapter we will present you with questions to evaluate the general instruction of the individual and their educational level.

EDUCATION LEVEL (if the candidate is a university student)

1. What university did you attend?

2. Why did you attend that university in particular?

3. Did your family have any kind of influence on your decision?

4. How long did it take to finish your career? Tell me about your grades, etc.

5. What was your major at the university?

6. Why did you choose … as a major?

7. Do you think you made the right decision?

8. What aspects of the education prepared you for this position?

9. What special training have you receive to make you available for this position?

10. (If they dropped out of their studies) Why didn’t you continue your formal education?

11. How did you finance your studies?

12. Do you currently attend, or plan to attend any kind of training or specialization course?

13. Do you have a subscription to any kind of professional or commercial magazine?
     Which one(s)?

14. Did you attend any professional seminars or conferences during the last year?
     Which ones? Was it on your own?

15. What are your professional objectives in the future?

16. Does the average of your grades reflect your ability to perform this position?

17. Mention three points you have learnt at the university that could be used in this position.

18. What was your favorite subject at the university?

19. Do you or did you develop any kind of extra curricular activity at the university? What kind?

20. Did you ever need private lessons? On what subjects?

21. What objectives did you have when you began your university studies?

22. How did your studies prepare you for the real world?

23. Describe the part time jobs you have had while attending high school and/or university. What did you used to do during your vacations when you were a student?

24. What advice would you give a person who wants to study and work at the same time?

25. Do you propose yourself performance levels?

26. How do you manage work stress?

27. How do you realize if you are making a good work?

28. How would you express your frustration?

29. What was the last business or management book you have read and what did you learn from it?

30. Do you usually read business or management magazines?
Which ones?

31. Do you have a library with books of your major?

31. When you need professional advice about a topic of your major, who do you talk to?

32. How do you react when someone criticizes you?

33. How do you react if someone imitates you?

34. What does the word “success” mean to you?

35. What does the word “failure” mean to you?

36. What do you think about working under pressure? (If this is a requirement of the profile, see Part II)

37. Tell me about a time in which you anticipated yourself to a problem?

38. Tell me about a time in which you should have taken an important risk, how did you feel?
How did you solve the situation?

39. Grade yourself on a scale from 1 to 10.

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