Sample Behavioral Interview Questions Page 3
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4Problem-Solving/Decision Making Skills
1. Give me an example of an important work related goal you set and tell me about
your plans to reach that goal. What did you learn from this experience? How did the
outcome affect others?
2. Describe one of the most difficult problems you faced on the job. What made the
problem difficult to resolve? How did you solve it?
3. What was your most challenging decision in the last six months? What made it
challenging?
4. Give me an example of a time when you were faced with a complex work related
matter and you could not decide on the best course of action. What did you do?
5. What kind of problems have people recently called on you to solve? Describe your
methodology for resolving the problem.
6. Tell me about a specific work situation when you prevented a problem before it
occurred. Why were you successful in preventing the problem? Describe the lessons
learned from your actions.
7. Describe a scenario in which you worked diligently on a project and it did not
produce the desired results. Why didn't you get the desired results? What did you
learn from the experience?
Professional/Leadership
1. Please describe the roles and functions of your position.
2. Please describe some of your strengths and weaknesses.
3. Tell me the strengths and weaknesses of your present or previous supervisor.
How did these strengths of your supervisor compliment your weaknesses?
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How did your strengths compliment your supervisor's weaknesses?
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4. What are three of your greatest professional achievements at your current company?
Describe how these achievements have helped you to grow professionally.
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Describe a time when a particular on-the-job achievement helped you grow
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professionally.
Describe how these achievements have helped you to grow personally.
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5. Under what style of management do you work well? Under what style of
management do you prefer not to work?
6. Tell me about a time when you had to evaluate someone who wasn't meeting the
requirements of the job. How did you handle that situation? What was the outcome?
7. Please describe in detail a project for which you were responsible, how you carried
out the project and what were the end results?
8. Tell me about a time when you were unable to finish a task because you did not have
enough information or were under-prepared. What problems did it create and how
did you overcome them
9. Tell me about a time when you did not communicate or have enough information to
make a decision. How did it impact the situation? What action did you take to
mitigate the possible damage?
10. Describe a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to
get a job done.
11. Think back to some action you have taken, a policy you influenced, or a program
you implemented that positively impacted the organization. Why did you do so and
what was the outcome?
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