Q: Do you also have possible interview questions that can be used for a Program Coordinator position?
A: Here are some general questions that are useful in an interview. Be aware that today's young applicants are very interview-savvy. Most of them prep for the interview, and there are plenty of online sites that they use as resources to help coach themselves to interview well. The result is that most of them are prepared for most any question you will ask. To get a better handle on the qualifications of your applications, you should review these coaching sites as well and develop a few questions that will make them respond without the opportunity to have prepared. This will help you have a better picture of your applicant pool.
In order to focus in on the person who is the best fit for your organization, there are other questions you should ask as well. These questions will allow you to evaluate how carefully a person thinks, give you a sense of how they might handle difficult situations, and provide insight into how their view and expectations align with yours and those of your organization.
In today’s tough job market, the most motivated candidates have done their homework. Chances are they will anticipate many of the questions you might ask. If they do, that is a good sign. It means they are taking their interview seriously and have done their homework. Even so, by asking questions such as those below, you can get a good idea of whether the interviewee is a good fit for your organization.
Name of company, position title and description, dates of employment.
What were your expectations for the job and to what extent were they met?
What were your starting and final levels of compensation?
What were your responsibilities? - What major challenges and problems did you face?
How did you handle them? –
What have you learned from your mistakes?
What did you like or dislike about your previous job?
Which was most / least rewarding?
What was the biggest accomplishment / failure in this position?
Questions about your supervisors and co-workers.
What was it like working for your supervisor?
What do you expect from a supervisor?
What problems have you encountered at work?
Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager?
Who was your best boss and who was the worst?
Why are you leaving your job?
Why did you resign?
Why did you quit your job?
What have you been doing since your last job?
Why were you fired?
What is your greatest weakness?
What is your greatest strength?
How will your greatest strength help you perform?
How would you describe yourself?
Describe a typical work week.
Describe your work style.
Do you take work home with you?
How many hours do you normally work?
How would you describe the pace at which you work?
How do you handle stress and pressure?
What motivates you?
Why do you want this job?
Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
What's your ideal company?
What attracted you to this company?
Why should we hire you?
What did you like least about your last job?
When were you most satisfied in your job?
What can you do for us that other candidates can't?
What were the responsibilities of your last position?
Why are you leaving your present job?
What do you know about this industry?
What do you know about our company?
Behavioral Interview Questions:
What was the last project you headed up, and what was its outcome?
Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.
Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?
Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?
Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?
What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?
What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it?
If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?
What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?
Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?
What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it?
Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.
If you were at a business lunch and you ordered a rare steak and they brought it to you well done, what would you do?
If you found out your company was doing something against the law, like fraud, what would you do?
What assignment was too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue?
What's the most difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to that decision?
Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.
Salary Questions:
What salary are you seeking?
What is your salary history?
If I were to give you this salary you requested but let you write your job description for the next year, what would it say?
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Program Coordinator Interview Questions
Jun 11, 2018 11:58:38 PM
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Jordan Kivley
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