Possible interview questions

Hello Friends

I am listing below a few questions that are asked in interviews here. These are behavioral questions and it is advisable to rehearse some answers to these. They may or may not be asked, but this is a good guide to what can be expected:

GENERAL
1. What made you apply for this position>
2. Can you summarize or give examples of your leadership skills/abilities/experiences?
3. What strength(s)/weaknesses will you bring to this role?
4. What aspect of you current role do you dislike the most?
5. What aspect of you current role do you like the most?
6. Tell about a time when you found yourself in a situation where you had difficulty dealing
with a team member. How did you handle this? What was the result?
7. If your co-workers had to describe your work-ethic, what would they say?
8. What motivates you to pull yourself from you bed and come to work?
9. Describe you ideal work environment and why?

ADAPTABILITY
10. Describe a time when you altered your own behaviour to fit the situation.
11. Tell about a time when had to change your point of view or your plans to take into account
new information or changing priorities.

CLIENT FOCUS
12. Describe a situation in which you acted as an advocate within your organization for your stakeholder’s needs, where there was some organizational resistance to be overcome.
COMMUNICATION
13. Give an example of a difficult or sensitive situation that required extensive communication.
14. Tell about a time when you really had to pay attention to what someone else was saying , actively seeking to understand their message .

ORGANIZATIONAL AWARENESS
15. Describe the culture of you organization and give and example of how you work within this culture to achieve a goal.
16. Describe the things you consider and the steps you take in assessing the viability of new idea or
initiative.

PROBLEM SOLVING AND JUDGEMENT
17. Tell about a time when you had to identify the underlying causes to a problem.

RESULTS ORIENTATION
18. Tell about a time when you set and achieved a goal.
19. Describe something you have done to improve the performance of your work unit.
20. Describe something you have done to maximize or improve the use of resources beyond your own work unit to achieve improved results.

TEAMWORK
21. Describe a situation where you were successful in getting people to work together effectively.
22. Describe a situation in which you were a member (not a leader) of a team, and a conflict arose within the team. What did you do?

DEVELOPING OTHERS
23. Give an example of a time when you recognized that a member of your team had a performance difficulty/deficiency. What did you do?

IMPACT AND INFLUENCE
24. Describe a time when you went through a series of steps to influence an individual or a group on an important issue.

LEADERSHIP
25. Describe a situation where you had to ensure that you “actions spoke louder than your words” to a team.
26. Describe a situation where you inspired others to meet a common goal.

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
27. Give me an example of a time when you deliberately attempted to build a rapport with a co-worker or customer.

SELF-MANAGEMENT
28. Describe a time when things didn’t turn out as you had planned and you had to analyze the situation to address the issue.
29. Describe a time when you were in a high pressure situation?

STRATEGIC THINKING
30. Describe a time when you used your business knowledge to understand a specific business situation.