Sample Behavioral Interview Questions (Page 2 of 4) in pdf

Communication

1. Are you a proactive or a reactive communicator? Please explain.

2. Think of a time when you had to be either proactive or reactive in your

communication with others. What was the situation? What was the outcome?

3. Think about a time when you found it necessary to verbally communicate critical

information to an employee or employees. What was the issue? How did you

determine the success of that communication?

4. Give me an example of a situation that required you to communicate in writing with

an employee or your supervisor. How did you achieve that communication?

5. Tell me about a time when you had difficulty in communicating with others. What

made it difficult? How did you overcome the difficulties?

6. Describe a specific event in which you had a conflict with a co-worker. Were you

able to reach a mutually beneficial resolution to that conflict?

If not, why were you and your co-worker unable to reach a mutually

beneficial resolution?

If you knew then what you know now, what would you have done differently

to either prevent the conflict, or to resolve the conflict?

Interpersonal Relations

1. Describe the type of people you enjoy working with and the leaders to whom you

report.

2. We have a good team-oriented environment. Give me an example of a successful

team experience from a previous job.

3. Give me an example of an unpleasant teamwork experience. How did you manage

the situation?

4. Describe a workplace situation in which you had to deal with a difficult customer or

co-worker. How did you deal with it? What were the results?

5. Please tell me about a situation that required you to work closely with someone with

whom you disagreed or had a personality conflict. How did you deal with the issue?

6. Give me an example of when you had the most difficulty communicating with

people. Why was it so difficult?

Project Management/Prioritization & Organization

1. Tell me about a time when you had a lot of work to accomplish in a short time. How

did you manage that situation? What was the result?

2. Think of a time when you had to manage multiple projects and meet certain

deadlines and explain the most difficult part of that situation. How did you deal with

it?

3. Think of a time when you had to organize one of your busiest workdays. What was

the day like and how did you organize the day's work?

4. Think of a time when you had both large and small projects to complete. How did

you go about setting priorities and completing those projects? What challenges did

that present?

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