Human Services Interview Questions - 1

• Describe a time when you saw a problem as a potential opportunity-What did you do?
• What is your philosophy of life?
• What kind of person are you?
• How well organized are you?
• Why are you interested in this position?
• What can you bring to this agency?
• What hours are you willing to work?
• How would you coordinate and evaluate this program?
• What are your goals for the first year?
• What are your salary expectations?
• For what reasons do you believe you could handle this position?
• What does this job have to offer you and you offer it?
• Why would you want to work in our agency?
• What do you want out of your job?
• How do you see yourself in this position?
• What is your work experience?
• (Related and unrelated)
• Tell me about specific individuals you have worked for.
• Tell me about your specific experiences.
• What types of volunteer experience have you had?
• How would your experience/background contribute to your success?
• Describe your fieldwork experience.
• Why are you interested in the Human Services field?
• What kind of experience have you had with different populations?
• (I.e. women, youth, terminally ill, etc.)
• What are your attitudes towards supervision (doing it, do you need it?
• Will you refuse it?
• How do you react to it?
• )
• Why do you want to work with the elderly?
• Mentally retarded, etc.
• What is you knowledge of disabilities?
• What types of clients have you worked with?
• What is your background and philosophy of social work?
• Counseling?
• Etc.
• What are your counseling strengths and weaknesses?
• What was the most difficult/interesting case you had?
• What is your particular area of interest?
• What techniques do you use in crisis intervention work?
• What do you like about working with children?
• What attracts you to this type of work?
• What types of things go into a psychosocial assessment?
• What supervisory experience have you had?
• Do you like doing research?
• How do you describe your professional boundaries?
• What do you think makes a successful team environment?
• Give a specific example when you had an idea how to improve an aspect of a program. How did you get your ideas across?
• Describe a situation in which you had to work with a client you did not like. How did you handle it?