In the role of an Office Assistant, you will need to be very organised and able to multi task. You will work to a number of different roles at any one time answering to many different line managers. In the role of an Office Assistant you will need to be very good at administration and organising people and situations. You will be asked for a number of different things and how things work etc as an office assistant role is the eyes and ears of a business.
If you have been lucky enough to get an interview for an Office Assistant then you first need to do your research on the company and the job requirements. Match your CV to the job requirements and analyse any differences either that you have done before and can use as a positive or things that you need a bit more work on that is in their job requirement.
Once you are confident that you can do the role well and you believe you have the experience then you need to set about preparing for the interview. Do you know where it is, have you thought about the practicalities of how you will get there, by what mode of transport, do you need to find parking etc.
Office Assistant Interview Questions
During your interview you may be asked questions such as:
- What do you consider to be the most important running factors in an office?
- What do you feel are the most important tasks/duties?
- How do you keep yourself organised?
- What are the 3 first things you do when you get to work?
- When starting a new job how do you learn quickly who everyone is, extension numbers, departments etc?
- Have you had responsibility for anyone in the past? If yes in what capacity and for how long?
- What are your biggest admin strengths? And same weaknesses?
Being an office assistant you will very busy and be expected to be organised and thorough at all times. An exciting career choice but not for the feint heated.
You should also check out traditional interview questions:
- Tell me about yourself.
- What are your strengths?
- What are your weaknesses?
- Why do you want this job?
- Where would you like to be in your career five years from now?
- What’s your ideal company?
- What attracted you to this company?
- Why should we hire you?
- What did you like least about your last job?
- When were you most satisfied in your job?
- What can you do for us that other candidates can’t?
- What were the responsibilities of your last position?
Good Luck.