Intern Interviews

Intern Interview Questions

An intern works in a professional environment to gain practical, meaningful, and work-related experience in their chosen field or career. Interns are trainees who sign up to work for an organization for a short period of time to gain experience. Interns may be unpaid, partially paid, or paid.

Top Intern Interview Questions & How To Answer

Question 1

Question #1: Can you tell me about a time you failed something, either in school or at a job?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question is designed to show how you recognize and grow from failure. Be sure to speak to how you identified the failure and the steps you took to ensure that you met success in the future. Discuss how you were able to reflect on the situation in order to grow from it.
Question 2

Question #2: How did you land in this particular field?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question lets you share your passion for your chosen career. Discuss how you first learned about the field, the steps you took to put yourself on the path to this career, and what drives you to want to work in this field. Ensure that you answer this question with a visible enthusiasm for your chosen career.
Question 3

Question #3: What do you hope to gain from this experience?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question allows you the opportunity to talk about the knowledge and experience you hope to get from working as an intern for their company. Be as specific to their company as possible.

248,857 intern interview questions shared by candidates

1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Strength and weaknesses 3. Some basic indirect tax questions. Not very difficult ones 4. Choose one and why?: Toothpaste or Dant manjan 5. Questions about family and hobbies. 6. Why do you want to work in this firm 7. Guess my age? (Cross questioning was done when I said he seemed 64, I was horribly wrong over here). Also, post interview I was advised for around 1.5 hour on career and the partner's own hard work and success story. Although I had not asked for it but the partner himself wanted to share his side of story. I was truly inspired after hearing him.
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Interviewed at NMAH & Co. Chartered Accountants

3.4
Jun 25, 2021

1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Strength and weaknesses 3. Some basic indirect tax questions. Not very difficult ones 4. Choose one and why?: Toothpaste or Dant manjan 5. Questions about family and hobbies. 6. Why do you want to work in this firm 7. Guess my age? (Cross questioning was done when I said he seemed 64, I was horribly wrong over here). Also, post interview I was advised for around 1.5 hour on career and the partner's own hard work and success story. Although I had not asked for it but the partner himself wanted to share his side of story. I was truly inspired after hearing him.

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