What type of question should I expect to be asked in an internship/co-op interview?

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Lifer
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I never got interviewed by a company before... I had a short internship @ DuPont 2 months ago and they didn't interview or anything.

Companies that want to interview me are the following if it helps:

Amazon.com
E*Trade Financial
General Electric
Hilton Hotels Corparation
KBToys.com
Ryan Homes
Target Stores
Walgreens Stores

What type of questions should I expect? I am a total interview noob, so any advice you may give will be appreciated.

Thanks,
X.
 

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: Xiety
I never got interviewed by a company before... I had a short internship @ DuPont 2 months ago and they didn't interview or anything.

Companies that want to interview me are the following if it helps:

Amazon.com
E*Trade Financial
General Electric
Hilton Hotels Corparation
KBToys.com
Ryan Homes
Target Stores
Walgreens Stores

What type of questions should I expect? I am a total interview noob, so any advice you may give will be appreciated.

Thanks,
X.
How many scoops of raisins are there in Kellogs Raisin Bran?
 

Turkish

Lifer
May 26, 2003
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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Xiety
I never got interviewed by a company before... I had a short internship @ DuPont 2 months ago and they didn't interview or anything.

Companies that want to interview me are the following if it helps:

Amazon.com
E*Trade Financial
General Electric
Hilton Hotels Corparation
KBToys.com
Ryan Homes
Target Stores
Walgreens Stores

What type of questions should I expect? I am a total interview noob, so any advice you may give will be appreciated.

Thanks,
X.
How many scoops of raisins are there in Kellogs Raisin Bran?

Ok. That helped a lot. Next.
 

Ameesh

Lifer
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it would help to tell us what kind of job you are applying for.

you could be a marketing intern or maybe a developer intern or a janitor intern.

 

GoodToGo

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Originally posted by: Ameesh
it would help to tell us what kind of job you are applying for.

you could be a marketing intern or maybe a developer intern or a janitor intern.

...photocopy intern or personal intern.....

And yes if ever the question of "Which person inspires you the most?" pops up, Monica Lewinsky would be a bad answer.
 

ggavinmoss

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Things like "An escaped loon from the funny farm has your family hostage. You can only save your mother or father, what do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO!?"

That sounds like the typical interview question.

-geoff
 

Turkish

Lifer
May 26, 2003
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Originally posted by: Ameesh
it would help to tell us what kind of job you are applying for.

you could be a marketing intern or maybe a developer intern or a janitor intern.

Sorry, I should have said in my original post. I am going to be a Management / Marketing Intern :)

Thanks!
 

VTHodge

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I always get asked "Tell me about a time when you had to make a difficult decision."
 

Ketteringo

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Do you have any experience making copies?
Do you have any experience using a stapler?
Do you know how to lick envelopes?
Do you own a car, and can you drive places to pick up parts and deliver them to various places?
If we ask you to go wash our cars, and fill up their gas tanks, will you?
You are going to be fired and rehired every 3 months, so that we wont have to give you any benefits, and so that you wont build any senority with the company, is this ok with you?
Do you have experience with monotonous activities? ie doing the same thing every day, 6 hours a day, for 3 months?
Will you never question any of our orders?
Will you do something that we tell you to do, even if its bad for the company in the long run, so long as it meets very short term goals?
Do you mind sharing a cubicle with 2 other co-ops?

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Didnt your school give you a class in basic interviewing skills?