Questions of General Interest

1. Why did you choose this job?

2. How many years have you been working at your job?

3. Do you enjoy it?

4. Can you describe your typical day?

5. What is your favourite thing about your typical day?

6. How many different types of jobs are there in your field of work?  What are they?

7. Is your job mainly physical strain, mental strain or both?

8. Did you know you were going to be doing this job when you were a teenager?

9. Does your job take any special talents?

10. Can you live and work anywhere or can your job be done only in  certain places?

11. Are there any limitations on your personal and/or social life because of the  nature of your work?

12. What do you feel are the best jobs in your field?

13. Are there many openings for your type of job now?  Will there be in the future  when I get old enough to choose my career?

14. How would you advise me to plan for my future?

15. What are some other interesting jobs that might be related to yours?

16. What job would you choose if you didn’t do what you do now?

17. What do you think are going to be good jobs in the future?

18. What is the most satisfying thing about a job?  Money?  Vacations?  Co‐workers?   Retirement?  Or what?

19. What are some things you don’t like about your job?

Questions on Education and/or Training

20. Does your job require a high school, community college, technical college or 4 year college education?

21. What classes or courses should I take to prepare for this career?

22. Does your job change often?  And if so, how do you update your knowledge and skills?


Questions on Working Conditions

23. How many days do you work each week?

24. How many hours a day?

25. Do you belong to a union?

26. How are vacations awarded?  How long are they?

27. What sort of tools do you use?  Do you have to buy your work tools?

28. Are promotions possible in your job and if so, what must you do for a promotion?

29. Do you ever get transferred and can you be transferred if you don’t want to be?

30. Do you work with other people or mainly by yourself?

31. Do you work for yourself or someone?

32. Are there any health hazards in your job?

33. Do you work mainly indoors or outdoors?

34. Do you need any special physical characteristics to do your job?

35. Do you have to travel much in your job?


Questions on Money

36. Does this type of job earn overtime?

37. Are you paid by the hour, by a fee that you charge, by sales commission, or  salary

38. Will you receive a pension when you retire or does this type of job require you to make contributions to another retirement fund?

39. How is your job affected by the economy?

40. What fringe benefits do you receive?