Interview Questions continued
Success and Failure
- What are the proudest accomplishments in your life? Why?
- Have you ever failed at anything that was important to you?
- How did that affect you?
- What did you do about it?
- What did you learn from the experience?
- How do you define success?
- What qualities are necessary for a person to lead a successful life?
- How important has money or wealth been in your life?
- How important was success/failure in your career compared to success/failure in your family life?
Religion and Values
- When you were a child, from whom did you learn about concepts like “right and wrong” and “good and bad”?
- Are you a religious person?
- Do you believe in an afterlife?
- How does your religion differ from others?
- How did you come to adopt the religion you practice?
- Why is it best for you?
- What role has religion played in your life?
- Have you become more religious as you have grown older?
- What role does religion play in your life now?
- How do you show tolerance for other religious faiths if you believe yours is the only true one?
- Do you often discuss your religious faith (or lack) with other people? If so, why? If not, why not?
- What do you think of people who are apathetic about religion and ethical values?
- What are the most important values in life to you?
- What are the differences between the values that prevailed when you were growing up and those of today?