10 Interview Questions You Can Ask Your Future Virtual Assistant For this blog: https://myvirtudesk.com/potential-va-interview-questions/

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2. Have you ever asked yourself Is it possible to
multiply myself? What If I could clone myself?
If you did, you would possibly be able to do
every single task for your business. Nowadays,
businessmen hire a potential Virtual Assistant
from offshore just to offload half the work
they’re doing.

3. 1. Tell me something about yourself that is not
work related?
It is a great way to start the interview. It eases the
nervousness of the candidate and let’s them be at ease as
they will be talking about something they really know
about – themselves.

4. 2. Outside of your role as a Virtual
Assistant, what activities do you enjoy
doing?
On a personal level, it will allow you to know
more about the candidate. It can somewhat give
you a sneak preview of their personality. This
gives you a chance to see who they are outside
of work.

5. 3. What type of work do you prefer or are you
most comfortable to do?
Throwing this question to your potential Virtual
Assistant will let you know if their skill set fits what you
need. This gives you a chance to identify if they will be
honest enough to tell you of their own skills and
capabilities. This can lead for you to identify on which
candidate would be a good fit for the post.

6. 4. What modes of communication do you like
most?
Topmost used modes of communication are email, phone
calls, face-to-face Skype or Google Hangouts Video Calls.
Asking this question can give you an idea on how you will
communicate with your Virtual Assistant specially when
assigning projects and providing them instructions.
Communication is the key to making your partnership a
success, so having the right tool for communication is
essential.

7. 5. Do you have any preferred schedule or
restrictions?
Make sure you are able to communicate. Some Virtual
Assistants may be based anywhere around the globe.
Some of them prefer to work in the morning or at night.
However, what matters most is that you establish your
needs and your Virtual Assistant’s availability so you
would know if it’s a good match.

8. 6. What do you consider as your core skills and
services?
This question let’s you explore the skills of the
candidate. This gives you a birds eye view of the their
strengths. Knowing these things can help you in
identifying if a candidate is right for the job.

9. 7. If I asked you to perform a task, and after
accepting it you realized you couldn’t do it on your
own, what would you do?
This will allow you to determine the candidate’s
resourcefulness. Remember that your Virtual Assistant is
well – Virtual. Which means, there’s no one to help them
out with their tasks, which means, being resourceful is
the key to getting things done.

10. 8. What would you do if I gave you an
assignment, and you thought you understood
it, but then later you realized you didn’t
understand?
It does matter if the Virtual Assistant knows how to admit
mistake/s. This question gives you the opportunity to
know in how your potential Virtual Assistant will display
accountability and honesty.

11. 9. What would you do if you realize that you
couldn’t finish all tasks given to you on time?
Setting of right expectations is another key factor to
having great partnership with your Virtual Assistant. One
of the qualities they need to posses is being able to be
honest and to set the right expectations to you as their
client. A deadline is a deadline and no one can argue with
that, proper setting of expectations should be
communicated to be able to come up with a strategy that
will help in accomplishing any pending tasks.

12. 10. Tell me a story of when you spoke up and
contradicted your boss?
This interview question to your potential VA should give
you an insight into his/her work style. It’s a plus if they
are giving you suggestions or recommendations. So if
they ask you, “Have you considered this other way to do
such and such?”, don’t get offended, they are
concerned about you and your business.