Sample Interview Questions

for Non-Profit Organization

 

1.       What is the mission and goals of the organization?

2.     Who benefits from what the non-profit organization does?

3.     Why are people involved in this work?

4.     How does the organization get funding/money to operate?

5.     What are the causes of the problem that this non-profit organization addresses?

6.     How could/should this problem be addressed differently?

7.     Can one envision a society in which this non-profit organization is unnecessary?  What would such a society look like?

8.     What are the sources and consequences of power within the non-profit organization?

9.     How many employees does this organization have?

10.How many volunteers are there in the organization?

11. How many men versus women are employed in the organization?

12. How many racial/ethnic minorities are employed by this organization?

13.How many people have professional training within the organization?

14.How many employees are under 18?

15.between 18 + 25?

16.between 26 + 35?

17.between 36 + 50?

18.over 50?

19.over 65?

20.Who has the power in this organization?  Why?  How is the power exercised?

21.How do forms of social inequality – like race, gender, age, and sexual orientation – bear on the work of the organization?

22.What is the impact of “community service” on the “clients” and on others within the community?