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The Question Types Behind Every Interview

Interview questions look infinite and are not. Nearly all of them fall into five families, and once you can recognise the family you know what the interviewer is actually scoring. Opening questions ('Tell me about yourself') test whether you can frame your own story in ninety seconds. Motivation questions ('Why this role? Why us? Why now?') test whether you have done any real thinking about the job or are simply applying widely. Behavioural questions ('Tell me about a time when…') test past behaviour as evidence of competency and are answered with STAR. Situational questions ('What would you do if…') test judgement in hypotheticals and are answered by naming the trade-off before you name the action. Technical questions test domain knowledge and, more importantly, how you reason under observation. Preparing by memorising answers to individual questions is a losing strategy, because there are too many. Preparing by building a story bank and learning to route each question to the right family is what actually scales.

Question Families

8–10

Stories to Prepare

1–3 min

Answer Length

On every answer

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What to Expect

An opening question ('walk me through your CV' or 'tell me about yourself') in essentially every interview you will ever have
Motivation questions probing why this role, this company, and why you are leaving your current one
Behavioural questions drawn from the role's competency framework, each with two or three follow-up probes
Situational 'what would you do' questions, especially for client-facing, managerial and public-sector roles
At least one negative-framing question: a failure, a conflict, a weakness, a decision you regret
Role-specific technical or case questions, scaled to the seniority of the position
'Do you have any questions for us?', a scored question, not a courtesy, and the one candidates waste most often

Expert Tips

Answer the Family, Not the Wording

Hundreds of questions, five underlying families. Train yourself to classify fast: is this behavioural (give evidence), situational (name the trade-off), motivational (be specific about them), or technical (reason aloud)? Once you route correctly, one prepared story or framework covers a dozen surface variations of the question.

Get 'Tell Me About Yourself' Down to 90 Seconds

This question opens most interviews and candidates routinely spend four minutes on a chronological CV recital. The structure that works: where you are now, the two or three things you have done that matter for this role, and why that leads here. Rehearse it aloud. The elevator-pitch builder exists precisely for this.

Make 'Why This Company' Falsifiable

If your answer could be pasted into an application to their competitor, it is not an answer. Name something only true of them (a product decision, a market they just entered, how the team is organised) and connect it to what you want to do next. Interviewers can spot a generic motivation answer in one sentence.

Name the Trade-Off in Situational Questions

'What would you do if a client demanded a deadline you couldn't meet?' is not testing whether you know the right answer; it is testing whether you can see the tension. Name it first ('the real trade-off is protecting the relationship versus protecting quality') then commit to an action and say what you would monitor.

Prepare Three Questions to Ask Them

'No, I think you covered everything' is the answer of someone who is not really evaluating the job. Have three ready that you could not have answered from the website: what does success look like in the first six months, what is the hardest part of this role, why did the last person leave. Ask them of the right person.

Practise Answering Aloud Against Follow-Ups

Reading a list of questions and thinking 'yes, I could answer that' is not preparation. The gap between a thought answer and a spoken answer is enormous. Use AI role-play mock interviews to be asked, probed and pushed, and use the AI feedback to find where your answer wanders, runs long, or dodges what was asked.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many interview questions should I actually prepare?▼

Prepare stories and structures, not answers. Eight to ten well-chosen STAR stories, a tight ninety-second opening pitch, a specific motivation answer for each employer, and a routine for situational questions will cover the vast majority of what you are asked. Memorising fifty individual answers produces a candidate who sounds rehearsed and freezes on question fifty-one.

How should I answer 'What is your greatest weakness?'▼

Name a real weakness with a real cost, then show the mechanism you use to manage it: 'I under-delegate on work I know well, which slowed my team last year, so I now assign owners at kickoff rather than absorbing the work myself.' Disguised strengths ('I'm a perfectionist') are recognised instantly and score as evasion, which is worse than the weakness.

What questions should I ask the interviewer?▼

Ask what you genuinely need to know to decide whether to take the job, pitched at the right person: what success looks like in six months, what the hardest part of the role is, how the team makes decisions, why the position is open. Avoid anything answerable from the careers page, and leave salary for the recruiter unless they raise it.

How do I answer 'Why are you leaving your current job?'▼

Move towards something rather than away from something, and never disparage your current employer, because interviewers hear it as a preview of how you will talk about them. 'I've taken that role as far as it goes; I want ownership of a full product, which is exactly this job' is complete, honest and closes the topic.

What is the difference between behavioural and situational questions?▼

Behavioural questions ask what you did ('tell me about a time you handled a conflict') and are answered with STAR evidence from your past. Situational questions ask what you would do ('how would you handle a conflict with a peer') and are answered by naming the trade-off, committing to an action, and saying how you would check it worked.

How does MakingMoves.ai help me practise interview questions?▼

AI role-play mock interviews ask you real questions and probe your answers with follow-ups, with AI feedback on structure, length and specificity. The STAR story bank keeps your core stories organised by competency, and the elevator-pitch builder tightens your opening. The free preview includes 5 AI coach messages so you can try it first.

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