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Urban and Regional Planners Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your Urban and Regional Planners interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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When have you provided an excellent presentation? Describe it to me and why it was successful.

When interviewers ask this question what they really want to know is how you engage others to persuade them. Good presentation skills are essential in most positions. The interviewer wants to know that you will want to share your ideas with others on a team and have the ability to create a strong presentation and the skills to deliver the message.

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30 Urban and Regional Planners Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. When have you provided an excellent presentation? Describe it to me and why it was successful.

  • Behavioral

    2. When have you had to explain a process or idea, to someone who was either stubborn to the idea, or just did not understand the idea or process?

  • Behavioral

    3. The planning process involves input from numerous groups, which requires great communication skills. When have you exemplified such skills in past work?

  • Behavioral

    4. How are your communication skills?

  • Behavioral

    5. Describe a time where you worked well under pressure.

  • Behavioral

    6. Are you a detail-oriented person?

  • Behavioral

    7. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?

  • Behavioral

    8. What is your greatest strength? How does it help you as an urban and regional planner?

  • Direct

    9. Why should we hire you?

  • Discovery

    10. What would you begin to change about your community if you were given full access for planning today?

  • Discovery

    11. How would your former employer describe you?

  • Discovery

    12. Where do you see yourself in five years?

  • Discovery

    13. What professional organizations do you belong to?

  • Discovery

    14. Why are you the best candidate for us?

  • Discovery

    15. How have you incorporated public transportation into your past designs or planning projects?

  • Discovery

    16. What area of this city do you think has the most potential?

  • Discovery

    17. Tell me about your portfolio. What were some of your favorite projects and why?

  • Discovery

    18. Have you studied a poorly planned city project? Tell me about it and what went wrong.

  • Discovery

    19. Where do you get your inspiration from?

  • Discovery

    20. What cities have you studied that impressed you the most?

  • Discovery

    21. Why is urban planning important to you?

  • Discovery

    22. What do you believe makes for a strong community?

  • Discovery

    23. What projects have you worked on in the past?

  • Discovery

    24. What is most important to you, something quick and flashy, or something that is timeless?

  • Education

    25. Tell me about your education. How has it prepared you for a career as an urban and regional planner?

  • Education

    26. Tell me about a project you studied in college that impressed you the most.

  • General

    27. What do you know about our company?

  • General

    28. Do you have any questions for me?

  • Situational

    29. Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a colleague, what was the conflict, and how did you resolve it?

  • Situational

    30. When have you worked with difficult individuals? For example, people that may have very poor communication skills. How do you handle these situations?