


'What's the most selfish thing you've ever done?' – Graduate Consultant, PageGroupĦ.

'If you had a friend who was great for a job and an identical person who was just as good, but your friend earned you £2,000 less, who would you give the job to?' – Associate Recruitment Consultant, Haysĥ. 'How would your enemy describe you?' – Advertising Sales Grad Scheme, Condé NastĤ. 'What am I thinking right now?' – Regional Director, TES Globalģ. 'What on your CV is the closest thing to a lie?' – Marketing and Communications Employee, The Phoenix PartnershipĢ. So feel like you can tackle anything by taking a look at the top 20 toughest interview questions below…ġ. Remember, it’s not necessarily about getting the right answer, more how you cope under pressure.’ This was followed by ‘what am I thinking right now?’ -asked by TES Global for a Regional Director Role - which, in all honestly, we would have no idea how to answer!ĭavid Whitby, UK Country Manager at Glassdoor said, ‘Preparing for an interview thoroughly means being ready for anything, even a curveball question not directly related to the job. The hardest question on the list is ‘what on your CV is the closest thing to a lie?’, which was asked for a Marketing Communications role by software company the Phoenix Partnership. To help you prepare for anything, careers website Glassdoor took a look at thousands of interview questions shared by candidates on the website over the past year and narrowed them down to the top 20. Meaning, you can expect a few curve ball questions being thrown your way. Preparing for an interview is arguably one of the hardest things to do.Īs well as get a sense of your experience and work ethic, interviewers like to get a sense of potential employees’ personalities and so, they also like to see how you react under the pressure.
