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Most common NZ job interview questions (with answers)
You can't predict everything the job interviewer will ask, but that doesn't mean you have to go in clueless.
Last updated: 16 October 2025
Common job interview questions
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Why do you want this job?
You need to have a solid understanding of the role and the business before you enter the interview.
3. Why do you want to work here?
4. What are your biggest weaknesses?
5. What are your greatest strengths?
If you're job doesn't involved public speaking, this can be a great weakness to choose.
6. How would your current colleagues describe you?
7. Tell me about a time you dealt with conflict
Workplace conflict happens, it's how you deal with it that matters.
8. What is your greatest professional achievement?
9. Where do you see yourself in five years?
The interviewer wants to see you're ambitious and looking to the future.
10. Why are you leaving your current job?
11. What work environments do you like best?
What work environments suit you best?
12. What are your salary expectations?
13. Why should we hire you over other candidates?
What makes you stand out from the crowd?
14. Tell me how you deal with stress
15. Tell me about a time you’ve overcome a challenge
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