Can you do the job?
Do you have the knowledge sets, skill sets and personal attributes to allow you to do the job?
Types of questions could include:
What parts of your education do you see as relevant to this position?
What prompted you to study�..?
Tell me about a time when you had to communicate information to a group of people.
Tell me about a significant achievement in your life.
Tell me about a time where you had to work towards a deadline. Did you meet it? If not, what would you do differently next time?
Do you want the job?
Do you want to work in this position/organisation? Are you willing to learn? Are you ambitious and keen to succeed?
Types of questions could include:
Why do you want to work for us?
What do you know about our company/practice/business?
What are your short term/long term goals?
Where do you see yourself in five years time?
Describe a time where you set yourself a challenging goal? What happened? What would you do differently?
Will you fit in?
The interviewer wants to determine if you will be a good team player, someone who will be absorbed into the organisation without disruption to the existing team dynamics.
Types of questions could include:
Describe a time where you had to work with a group of people to achieve a common goal?
Can you give me an example of working as part of a team. What was your contribution to the team and what was the outcome of this exercise?