21 Anthropologist
Interview Questions

1. What are the steps you follow to study a problem before making a decision?

2. Why do you want a career as an anthropologist and archaeologist?

3. What excites you the most about a career as an anthropologist and archaeologist?

4. What culture do you have the most interest in?

5. Describe a situation where other people who you were working with did not agree with your ideas. What did you do?

6. Do you prefer field work or do you prefer lab work?

7. What was your biggest failure?

8. Tell me about a time when you influenced the outcome of a project by taking a leadership role.

9. Why did you choose to become a anthropologist?

10. What would you change about yourself to make you a better anthropologist and archaeologist?

11. By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations and environments.

12. What was your biggest disappointment as an anthropologist and archaeologist?

13. Are you naturally observant?

14. What interests you the most about people?

15. Why are you the best anthropologist and archaeologist for us?

16. What is your philosophy towards work?

17. How well do you work with people?

    Community Answers

    • "Work well with others team player."
    • "Very well. I am able to work in a team and I am very good at connecting with new people."

18. Give me a time when you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.

19. What have your achievements been to date?

20. Why should we hire you?

21. What was your greatest accomplishment as an anthropologist and archaeologist?