1) Why Are You Interested in This Position

Interview Questions – Secretary III

Interviewers: please rate each response from 1-5, with 5 as the highest rating

Candidate Name:Interview Date:

Team Member:

1) Why are you interested in this position?

2) What work and life experiences do you have that qualify you for this job?

3) Tell me about a specific time when you’ve had to work on many different tasks at once

4) Tell me about a specific time when you’ve had to deal with a difficult person, either in person or on the phone

5) Tell me about a specific time when you’ve had to coordinate a large event or project

6) Tell me about a specific time when you’ve had to work with a lot of detailed information

7) Tell me about a specific time when you’ve had to work with confidential information

8) Tell me about a specific time when you’ve had to meet a tight deadline

9) What experience have you had with policy and procedures manuals?

10) What kind of supervisor do you work best with?

11) What does “teamwork” mean to you?

12) With which computer systems and software do you consider yourself proficient?

13) If your last supervisor and colleagues were having a going-away luncheon for you and they made a t-shirt that described what they thought of you as a co-worker, what would that t-shirt say?

14) Is there anything that would prevent you from having excellent attendance and consistent work performance in this position?

15) Do you have any questions about this position?

TOTAL SCORE – this page: (total possible: 75 points)

Sample Work Assignment

Please type your answers to the following exercises in Microsoft Word and print your answer page before you leave. You should be able to finish these exercises in 20-30 minutes. Don’t forget to type your name at the top of your answer sheet!

Thank you for coming in for the interview.

1) Below is a sample of some student data. Please type the information into two lists:

A) Sort the list by student number

B) Sort the list by school and by grade

NumberNameSchoolGrade

65782Brown, CharlieBarrow HS12

48920Jordan, MichaelBarrow HS11

59871Clinton, BillMeade River11

23678Bush, BarbaraBarrow HS10

53892Spears, BrittanyMeade River9

2) Look up policy JO, Student Records, in the large green board policy manual. Write 2-4 sentences that summarize what this policy is about. Do not include details on procedure, but just an overall summary.

3) There are two sections in the Parent and Student Handbook that include information about student records similar to board policy JO. What are the page numbers of these sections?

Thank you for coming in for the interview.