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II – M

ECTION

ANAGING THE

EOPLE

Who else was directly involved with you in designing that

campaign? What were some of the challenges in working

together? How did you approach them?

What other challenges did you face during the course of this

campaign? How did you deal with them?

What were the major victories? Would you say you met your

original goals?

How did the campaign conclude? Lesson learned?

Delve deeply into three or more prior experiences.

Don’t be shy about pressing for details and

concrete evidence.

2. What other job or project has been significant in your prior

professional experience? Tell me about that.

Direct (probing for evidence of specific must-have qualities)

1. Relationship building: More than anything else, this position involves

a lot of relationship-building. You mentioned partnering with a

couple other organizations when you worked on the Neighborhood

Safety Campaign. Can we talk about another time when you had to

build relationships with other actors?

How did you go about pursuing that relationship?

How did you gain access to their top level of management? Who

else in that organization did you speak to? How often would you

meet?

What were the major outcomes of that partnership? Is there a

particular success in this area we could discuss? A challenge?

Stick to real examples and avoid the hypothetical.

2. Project management: As the State Policy Director, you would be

managing several projects at the same time, from our advocacy

campaigns to monitoring legislation to building the state-wide

coalition.

Can you tell me about a project you managed that went well?

What do you think made it successful? How did you plan it and

how did you manage to the plan?

What about a time when things didn’t go so well? Was there ever

a “dropped ball” on a project you were managing? What

happened and how did you handle it?

Have you ever had to manage multiple projects at once? How

did you keep track of what was on your plate and what other

people were doing?

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