Nursery and Greenhouse Interview Questions
Go Back1. What are your salary expectations?
2. Tell me a bit more about yourself.
3. Tell me about your experience with hybrid plants.
4. What challenges do you most anticipate with this position?
5. In your own words, how are perennials different from biennials and annuals?
6. How do you feel about using pesticides?
7. Tell me about your experience with plant propagation.
8. Are you committed to expanding your gardening and plant knowledge?
9. Are you familiar with what we do at this nursery / greenhouse?
10. Which plants do you believe grow well in the shade?
11. What questions do you have for me?
12. Do you consider yourself a team player?
13. Rate your communication skills from 1-10 with proper examples backing your given rating.
14. Outside of work, what type of creative activities do you like to pursue?
15. If hired here, how long do you believe you would stay at our company?
16. How do you show your co-workers the importance of communication in the workplace?
17. How do you like to encourage ideas in others?
18. What sparked your interest in botany?
19. Would you consider yourself a team player?
20. How do you stay organized on the busiest of days?
21. What is your communication style with customers when it comes to teaching them about plants, and gardening?
22. What do you enjoy most about your current nursery job?
23. What sort of related tools, machines, or equipment do you have experience working with?
24. Do you have any education related to the care of plants?
25. Do you have any gardening experience?
26. Why are you the best candidate for our nursery / greenhouse?
27. Why do you want a career in botany?
28. In your opinion, what three shrubs should every landscaping job include?
29. Have you ever witnessed a plant die and could not place a reason behind it?
30. Tell me about your experience with plant diseases.
31. Where did you first learn to care for plants?
32. What are your favorite plants, and why?
33. Why do you want to work for our nursery / greenhouse?