33Nursery and Greenhouse Interview Questions & Answers
1.What sparked your interest in botany?
2.Why do you want to work for our nursery / greenhouse?
3.What are your favorite plants, and why?
4.Where did you first learn to care for plants?
5.Tell me about your experience with plant diseases.
6.Have you ever witnessed a plant die and could not place a reason behind it?
7.In your opinion, what three shrubs should every landscaping job include?
8.Why do you want a career in botany?
9.Why are you the best candidate for our nursery / greenhouse?
10.Do you have any gardening experience?
11.Do you have any education related to the care of plants?
12.What sort of related tools, machines, or equipment do you have experience working with?
13.What do you enjoy most about your current nursery job?
14.What is your communication style with customers when it comes to teaching them about plants, and gardening?
15.How do you stay organized on the busiest of days?
16.Would you consider yourself a team player?
17.Which plants do you believe grow well in the shade?
18.Tell me a bit more about yourself.
19.Tell me about your experience with hybrid plants.
20.What challenges do you most anticipate with this position?
21.In your own words, how are perennials different from biennials and annuals?
22.How do you feel about using pesticides?
23.Tell me about your experience with plant propagation.
24.Are you committed to expanding your gardening and plant knowledge?
25.Are you familiar with what we do at this nursery / greenhouse?
26.What are your salary expectations?
27.What questions do you have for me?
28.Do you consider yourself a team player?
29.Rate your communication skills from 1-10 with proper examples backing your given rating.
30.Outside of work, what type of creative activities do you like to pursue?
31.If hired here, how long do you believe you would stay at our company?
32.How do you show your co-workers the importance of communication in the workplace?
33.How do you like to encourage ideas in others?
