While there are as many different possible interview questions as there are interviewers, it always helps to be ready for anything. So we've prepared a list of 100 potential interview questions. Will you face them all? We pray no interviewer would be that cruel. Will you face a few? Probably. Will you be well-served by being ready even if you're not asked these exact questions? Absolutely.

Basic Interview Questions:

• Tell me about yourself.

• What are your strengths?

• What are your weaknesses?

• Why do you want this job?

• Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?

• What's your ideal company?

• What attracted you to this company?

• Why should we hire you?

• What did you like least about your last job?

• When were you most satisfied in your job?

• What can you do for us that other candidates can't?

• What were the responsibilities of your last position?

• Why are you leaving your present job?

• What do you know about this industry?

• What do you know about our company?

• Are you willing to relocate?

• Do you have any questions for me?

Behavioral Interview Questions:

• What was the last project you headed up, and what was its outcome?

• Give me an example of a time that you felt you went above and beyond the call of duty at work.

• Can you describe a time when your work was criticized?

• Have you ever been on a team where someone was not pulling their own weight? How did you handle it?

• Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback. How did you handle it?

• What is your greatest failure, and what did you learn from it?

• What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it?

• If I were your supervisor and asked you to do something that you disagreed with, what would you do?

• What was the most difficult period in your life, and how did you deal with it?

• Give me an example of a time you did something wrong. How did you handle it?

• What irritates you about other people, and how do you deal with it?

• Tell me about a time where you had to deal with conflict on the job.

• If you were at a business lunch and you ordered a rare steak and they brought it to you well done, what would you do?

• If you found out your company was doing something against the law, like fraud, what would you do?

• What assignment was too difficult for you, and how did you resolve the issue?

• What's the most difficult decision you've made in the last two years and how did you come to that decision?

• Describe how you would handle a situation if you were required to finish multiple tasks by the end of the day, and there was no conceivable way that you could finish them.

Salary Questions:

• What salary are you seeking?

• What's your salary history?

• If I were to give you this salary you requested but let you write your job description for the next year, what would it say?

Career Development Questions:

• What are you looking for in terms of career development?

• How do you want to improve yourself in the next year?

• What kind of goals would you have in mind if you got this job?

• If I were to ask your last supervisor to provide you additional training or exposure, what would she suggest?

Getting Started Questions:

• How would you go about establishing your credibility quickly with the team?

• How long will it take for you to make a significant contribution?

• What do you see yourself doing within the first 30 days of this job?

• If selected for this position, can you describe your strategy for the first 90 days?

More About You:

• How would you describe your work style?

• What would be your ideal working environment?

• What do you look for in terms of culture -- structured or entrepreneurial?

• Give examples of ideas you've had or implemented.

• What techniques and tools do you use to keep yourself organized?

• If you had to choose one, would you consider yourself a big-picture person or a detail-oriented person?

• Tell me about your proudest achievement.

• Who was your favorite manager and why?

• What do you think of your previous boss?

• Was there a person in your career who really made a difference?

• What kind of personality do you work best with and why?

• What are you most proud of?

• What do you like to do?

• What are your lifelong dreams?

• What do you ultimately want to become?

• What is your personal mission statement?

• What are three positive things your last boss would say about you?

• What negative thing would your last boss say about you?

• What three character traits would your friends use to describe you?

• What are three positive character traits you don't have?

• If you were interviewing someone for this position, what traits would you look for?

• List five words that describe your character.

• Who has impacted you most in your career and how?

• What is your greatest fear?

• What is your biggest regret and why?

• What's the most important thing you learned in school?

• Why did you choose your major?

• What will you miss about your present/last job?

• What is your greatest achievement outside of work?

• What are the qualities of a good leader? A bad leader?

• Do you think a leader should be feared or liked?

• How do you feel about taking no for an answer?

• How would you feel about working for someone who knows less than you?

• How do you think I rate as an interviewer?

• Tell me one thing about yourself you wouldn't want me to know.

• Tell me the difference between good and exceptional.

• What kind of car do you drive?

• There's no right or wrong answer, but if you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you be?

• What's the last book you read?

• What magazines do you subscribe to?

• What's the best movie you've seen in the last year?

• What would you do if you won the lottery?

• Who are your heroes?

• What do you like to do for fun?

• What do you do in your spare time?

• What is your favorite memory from childhood?

Brainteaser Questions:

• How many times do a clock's hands overlap in a day?

• How would you weigh a plane without scales?

• Tell me 10 ways to use a pencil other than writing.

• Sell me this pencil.

• If you were an animal, which one would you want to be?

• Why is there fuzz on a tennis ball?

• If you could choose one superhero power, what would it be and why?

• If you could get rid of any one of the US states, which one would you get rid of and why?

• With your eyes closed, tell me step-by-step how to tie my shoes.