Interview Questions - YOU GET TO CHOOSE! Please choose only TEN (10) Questions. * What motivates you?
When it comes to maintaining a positive, productive, and successful mindset, what do you do on a regular basis to sustain this?
Would you consider yourself to be an avid reader? What book are you reading now (or what was the last book you read)?
What business-related book has inspired you the most? (OR What is your favorite book?)
How important is physical fitness to you, your business, and to your personal life?
What ignited the spark in you to start a new business venture or to make significant changes in an existing business?
What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur?
What is the best way to achieve long-term success?
To what do you most attribute your success? What would say are the five key elements for starting and running a successful business?
Do you believe there is some sort of pattern or formula to becoming a successful entrepreneur?
How far are you willing to go to succeed?
Describe/outline your typical day?
How many hours do you work a day on average?
How do you find people to bring into your organization that truly care about the organization the way you do?
How important have good employees been to your success?
What kind of culture exists in your organization? How did you establish this culture and why did you institute this particular type of culture?
What have been some of your failures, and what have you learned from them?
What is your greatest fear, and how do you manage fear?
What sacrifices have you had to make to be a successful entrepreneur?
What are some of the biggest mistakes you’ve made?
How do you generate new ideas?
How long do you stick with an idea before giving up?
What has been your most satisfying moment in business?
How has being an entrepreneur affected your family life?
What is your favorite aspect of being an entrepreneur?
In one word, characterize your life as an entrepreneur.
How do you build a successful customer base?
How do you go about marketing your business? What has been your most successful form of marketing?
What do you feel is the major difference between entrepreneurs and those who work for someone else?
Excluding yours, what company or business do you admire the most?
Where do you see yourself and your business in 10 years? 20 years?
Who has been your greatest inspiration?
If you could talk to one person from history, who would it be and why?
What are your hobbies? What do you do in your non-work time?
What makes you happy?
If you had the chance to start your career over again, what would you do differently?
If you were conducting this interview, what question would you ask?
How do you define success?
