About Job Interview Questions

Job Interview Questions has helped people prepare for job interviews for more than 15 years. Interviewers use it to build a short list of the questions that matter most for a role. Candidates use it to see what they are likely to be asked and to practice their answers. It is free, there is nothing to sign up for, and ads pay for it.

Where the jobs come from

Our positions and job titles follow O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's database of occupations. O*NET describes about 1,000 occupations: the tasks each one involves, the skills and work styles it needs, and the many job titles people use for it. Each of our positions is one of those occupations, grouped into the same fields, and every job title leads to the position it belongs to.

How we rank the questions

Each question tests a skill, ability, work style or task. O*NET rates how important each of those is for every occupation, and we list a position's questions in that order. The questions at the top test what the job needs most, so the top 10 are the ones most worth asking, or most worth preparing for.

How the questions are written

The questions were written for the jobs they appear on, working from O*NET's description of each job's tasks and skills. Questions that apply to many jobs, such as how you handle a stressful situation, appear on each of them, ranked for that job. Some questions come with tips: what an interviewer should listen for, and what a candidate should mention.

We are now updating the questions against O*NET's latest release, adding questions about each job's day-to-day tasks and clearer tips for interviewers and candidates.

Who we are

Job Interview Questions is run by Retrivity LLC. Questions or corrections? Contact us.