An example of an effective interview question may be: An example of an effective interview question may be: What do you think is your greatest weakness? This gives them a chance to tell us all about their negatives...which will help us to see the pros and the cons of hiring them. Tell us what you hate about your manager. This allows us to hear how they'll talk about their current manager, which predicts their bad attitude they will bring with them. Do you think you'll make a good hire? This helps us to know if they have confidence in themselves and their ability to do a good job for the company. Why do you want to work for our company? This is an open ended question, you allow the candidate to speak, and you understand their intent and desire to work for you.