Questions Being Asked During Job Interview

Salam w.b.t and hello guys.

How is everyone doing? I pray that each and everyone of you are in a good shape. In this entry, I would like to share some questions that were asked to me during my job hunting. I believe there are zillion of interview questions which you can find on the internet. Anyhow, I feel responsible to share what I dealt with and hopefully, this will somehow help the job seekers. Of course I am not able to list down all of them.  So, I decided to pick out the questions that are more standout from others.

• Why don’t you find a job in Australia?
• What is the biggest challenge you experienced when you first come to Australia?
• What is the most challenging aspect when you were in Australia?
• Do you like living in Australia?
• Why did you pursue your studies in Australia? Why don’t you just go to any local university?
• How many times did you come back to Malaysia during your undergraduate studies?
• Are you planning to pursue studies at higher level like Master?
• Why don’t you pursue your studies?
• Why Engineering? Why Mechanical? Why Oil and Gas? Why not others?
• Do you know how to use AutoCAD?
• Give me an example showing you have the ability to learn new things.
• What is the thing you ever done proud you the most?
• What did you do during unemployed time?
• What is the criteria when you finding a job?
• Which is important, career or money?
• Why don’t you do part time job, like working in fast food restaurants?
• Why do you choose Oil and Gas industry to start your career?
• What drives you to become an engineer?
• What if you are the only female engineer and the rest are male engineers, are you going to be alright with this kind of situation?
• Is it okay if you are located in rural area with limited choice of foods?
• Do you have any plan to switch your career to another career which is not related to what you have learned?
• Where do you see yourself in 3 years time?
• How do you want to love your job/career?
• Have you ever go to offshore platform?
• Do you afraid of height and water?
• Is it fine with you and your family to live apart from each other for a very long time?
• If you are given a chance to choose a job location, where do you want to go? Why?
• Give an example of showing your leadership skill.
• What are the three things that make you inspire somebody?
• What are the three things that make you dislike somebody?
• When are you planning to get married?
• Do you know karate, or any martial arts?
• What did you learn from your final year thesis? What can be improved from your findings?

Alright folks. I guess this pretty much the questions I received at the job interviews, career fairs, and career trips. Well, I believe there will many more questions either expected or unexpected that you are going to face during job hunting. What I am sharing here is only a tiny piece of the picture. Though, I hope this will help you. Thank you for reading, hope to see you in the next entry. Take care and Salam w.b.t.

Getting a job is just a beginning, there are more to come after that