Receiving Intern Interview Questions

Receiving Volunteer Intern Interview

Please use these questions as appropriate when interviewing a volunteer for a Receiving Volunteer Internship.

Receiving Interview Questions

• What do you know about Free Geek?

• Did you get a chance to look over the internship description? Do you have any questions about it?

• What interests you most about this particular internship?

• This internship will involve training new volunteers regularly. Describe a time when you taught a total beginner a relatively complex task. What happened? What was the outcome?

• You will be working with a diverse volunteer group, do you consider yourself a people person?

• How does an internship at Free Geek fit into your career goals?

• What specific skills would you like to pick up while interning here?

• What would your last supervisor say your strengths are? What would s/he say your areas for improvement are?

• Are there any skills or achievements that you'd like to share with us?

• Give me an example when you had a volunteer or employee who was excited about an opportunity but was having difficulty following specific guidelines or policies, how did you handle this situation? If you don't have any personal experience with this, what would you do in a situation like this?

• Do you have any questions for me?

• When would you like to start? What hours would you like to work?

• (If the interviewee is completing the internship for school credit or other organization's program) What sort of paperwork should I expect to fill out?