Fill and Sign the Knowledge Worker Interview Questionnaire Form

Knowledge Worker Interview Questionnaire 1. Do you own a personal computer and, if so, what kind? ______________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. What software do you know how to operate? ______________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. Do you have a fax modem? [ ] Yes [ ] No 4. Do you use an e-mail program? [ ] Yes [ ] No 5. What literature that relates to your profession do you read, including books, newspapers, trade magazines, etc.? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 6. What classes or seminars have you taken on your own during the last three years to advance your career and personal growth? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 7. What efforts have you made at "networking" to advance your career? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 8. What volunteer or non-profit activities do you engage in? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 9. Where do you see your profession going in the next five to ten years? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 10. Where do you see the industry going? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 11. What are you doing to stay on top of these changes? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 12. What are the most important things to you about any job? Is it the pay, the opportunities, feelings of self-worth, fellow employees, location, benefits, etc.? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 13. What efforts do you make to keep yourself healthy? Do you exercise, eat a proper diet, refrain from smoking, take nutritional supplements, meditate, etc.? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 14. Who do you consider to be your professional role model? Why do you consider this person to be so special? How can you improve on that person's contributions? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 15. When it comes to getting paid, are you the type of person that is more interested in a steady paycheck with good benefits or would you rather work for a company where there may be greater risk but yet greater rewards in terms of both pay and job satisfaction? Please explain. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 16. What type of incentive programs have you found to work best? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 17. Tell me about the most critical job project you ever worked on? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 18. Please explain the best work experience you had in the past five years? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 19. Please explain the worst work experience you had in the past five years? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 20. What do you know about our company? What are our primary products and services? What do you perceive our strengths and weaknesses to be? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 21. Please explain any dealings that you have already had with our company. Are any of our employees your personal friend? Do you have any potential conflicts of interest? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 22. Have you signed any trade secret, non-compete or non-disclosure agreements? [ ] Yes [ ] No Do you have a copy? 23. Would you be willing to submit to a pre-hire drug test? [ ] Yes [ ] No 24. Would you be willing to undergo a series of tests to help us determine whether or not your skills fit our needs and if your overall personality and outlook is a match for our company? [ ] Yes [ ] No 25. What do you think are the greatest strengths and values that you can bring to this company? Is it your knowledge of this industry, your ability to get along with people, dedication and loyalty, or is it something else? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 26. If hired, where would you like to see yourself within this company in the next three to five years? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 27. Have you placed your professional goals in writing? [ ] Yes [ ] No 28. What are they? _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 29. What is your opinion about the following and why? A. The issue of trust in the workplace: ___________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ B. The power of having a corporate vision: ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ C. The issues of loyalty and commitment: _________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ D. Taking risks in the workplace: ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ E. Working with little supervision: ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ F. Change in the workplace: ___________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ G. Terminating poor performers: ________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ H. Being acknowledged for good performance: ____________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 30. Is there anything else you would like to know or share? _________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Notes: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________