Job analysis interviews are likely to include the following questions.

1. Interview information

• Name of Employee:• Job Title:• Job Analyst:• Department:• Date:

2. Job introduction

Location, Work hours per day, days in a week etc.

3. Job purpose:

• What is the essence of work in your position? What is the job’s overall purpose?

4. Job duties

• What are the main duties and responsibilities of your position?• Describe your duties in the following categories: daily duties, periodic duties, duties performed at irregular intervals• How long do they take?• How do you do them?• Are you performing duties not presently included in your job description? Describe.• Do you use special tools, equipment, software or other sources of aid? • Describe the frequency and degree to which you are engaged in such activities as: pushing, throwing, pulling, carrying, sitting, running, kneeling, crawling, reaching, climbing…

5. Job criteria / results

• How would you define success in your work?• Have work standards been established (errors allowed, time taken for a particular task, etc.)? If so, what are they?• Describe the successful completion and/or end results of the job.

6. Records and Reports

• What records or reports do you prepare as part of your job?• Who do you have to send these reports?

7. Supervisor

• Who is your supervisor?• What kinds of questions or problems would you ordinarily refer to your supervisor?• Are the instructions you receive clear and consistent with your job description?

8. Authority

• What is the level of authority vested in your position?• What is the level of accountability and to whom are you accountable?• What kinds of independent action are you allowed to take?

9. Responsibilities

• Are you responsible for any confidential material? If so, describe how you handle it.• Are you responsible for any money or things of monetary value? If so, describe how you handle it.

10. Compensation

• Consider your level of productivity, and the skill level required to fulfill your responsibilities, do you think that you are: underpaid? fairly paid? Overpaid?

11. Knowledge

• What special knowledge of specific work aids are needed for this position?• Describe the level, degree, and breadth of knowledge required in these areas or subjects.• Indicates the educational requirements for the job (not the educational background of the incumbent).• What level of education is required for your position?• What type of certification and licensing is required for your position?• Can you specify the training time needed to arrive at a level of competence on the job?• What sort of on the job training is needed for this position?

12. Skills/ Experience

• What activities must you perform with ease and precision?• What are the manual skills that are required to operate machines, vehicles, equipment, or to use tools?• Indicates the amount of experience needed to perform the job.• What level of experience and skills are required for your position?

13. Abilities required

• What mathematical ability must you have?• What reasoning or problem solving ability must you have?

• What interpersonal abilities are required? What supervisory or managing abilities are required?• What physical abilities such as strengths, coordination, a visually acuity must you have?

14. Working instruments

• Describe briefly what machines, tools, equipment or work aids the incumbent works with on a regular basis.

15. Health and safety

• What is the safety conditions related to this position?• Does your work present any type of hazardous or unusual working conditions?

16. Working conditions

• Describe your working conditions.• Describe the frequency and degree to which you will encounter working conditions such as these: cramped quarters, moving objects, vibration, inadequate ventilation

17. Any other comments