Interview Question Bank

Fifty structured interview questions with follow-ups and scoring guidance, plus fair-hiring guidance and ready-to-use sheets, so every candidate gets the same fair interview.

Who it is for

• Small-business owners filling a role for the first time.

• Managers and shift leads asked to interview candidates for their team.

• Office managers who coordinate hiring.

• HR professionals who want consistent, job-related questions across managers.

The problem it solves

Many interviews are friendly conversations that reward the candidate who is easiest to talk to, not the one who can do the job. Questions change from one candidate to the next, notes record impressions, and the decision is hard to explain. This bank gives you structured questions, a clear scoring scale and simple rules for fair, job-related interviews.

What is inside

• How to use this question bank (page 1; 1 page)

• Copyright and License (page 2; 1 page)

• Part 1: How to run a structured interview (pages 3 to 4; 2 pages)

• Part 2: Fair hiring guidance (pages 5 to 6; 2 pages)

• Part 3: The 50 questions (pages 7 to 12; 6 pages)

• Part 4: Interview sheets and examples (pages 13 to 16; 4 pages)

• Editable Word version of everything above (20 pages)

• Excel interview scoring sheet (interview plan, candidate scores with weighted average and rank, filled-in example)

Eight categories: motivation, customer focus, working with others, problem solving, reliability, communication, learning and adapting, and leading others.

How to use it

1. Read the guide to structured interviewing and the fair-hiring guidance.

2. List the role's requirements and choose six to eight core questions from the bank.

3. Ask every candidate the same core questions, take notes on what was said, and score each answer alone.

4. Agree on scores, compare candidates in the Excel sheet and record the reason for the decision.

Formats and file types

• Printable PDF (16 pages), US Letter.

• Editable Word file (.docx, 20 pages).

• Excel interview scoring sheet (.xlsx).

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