All Questions Flashcards
What obstacles have you faced while working in a team project?
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How did you go about managing yourself to complete your tasks in the project?
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What is the most successful thing you did to meet the team goals?
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Do you think you would do anything better in hindsight?
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Tell me about a time when you had a particularly challenging target to achieve?
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In hindsight could you have done anything different?
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Talk about a setback?
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How did you feel about that?
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Tell me about a time when you had to work towards a specific deadline?
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How did you go about managing your time while working towards the project?
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Describe a situation in which you were a member of team. What did you do to positively contribute to it?
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Tell us about a situation where you played an important role in a project as a member of the team (not as a leader)
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How do you ensure that every member of the team is allowed to participate?
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Give us an example where you worked in a dysfunctional team. Why was it dysfunctional and how did you attempt to change things?
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Give an example of a time when you had to deal with a conflict within your team? What did you do to help resolve the situation?
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How do you build relationships with other members of your team?
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How do you bring difficult colleagues on board? Give us an example where you had to do this.
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Which change of job did you find the most difficult to make?
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Tell us about the biggest change that you have had to deal with. How did you cope with it?
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How do you ensure compliance with policies in your area of responsibility?
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Tell us about a time when you went against company policy? Why did you do it and how did you handle it?
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Tell us about a situation where your communication skills made a difference to a situation?
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Describe a time when you had to win someone over, who was reluctant or unresponsive.
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Describe a situation where you had to explain something complex to a colleague or a client.
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Which problems did you encounter and how did you deal with them?
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What is the worst communication situation that you have experienced?
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How do you prepare for an important meeting?
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Tell us about a situation when you failed to communicate appropriately.
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• Demonstrate how you vary your communication approach according to the audience that you are addressing.
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• Describe a situation when you had to communicate a message to someone, knowing that you were right and that they were wrong and reluctant to accept your point of view.
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Give us an example where your listening skills proved crucial to an outcome.
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Tell us about a time when you were asked to summarise complex points.
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Tell us about a time when you had trouble remaining focussed on your audience. How did you handle this?
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What place does empathy play in your work? Give an example where you needed to show empathy?
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Describe a situation where you had to deal with an angry customer.
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What type of writing have you done? Give examples? What makes you think that you are good at it?
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How do you feel writing a report differs from preparing an oral presentation?
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What positive and negative feedback have you received about your writing skills? Give an example where one of your reports was criticised.
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How do you plan the writing of a report?
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Tell us about a time when you felt that conflict or differences were a positive driving force in your organisation. How did handle the conflict to optimise its benefit?
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Tell us about a time when you had to deal with a conflict within your team.
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Tell us about a situation where conflict led to a negative outcome. How did you handle the situation and what did you learn from it?
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Give us an example where you were unable to deal with a difficult member of your team.
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Tell us about a project or situation where you felt that the conventional approach would not be suitable. How did you derive and manage a new approach? Which challenges did you face and how did you address them?
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Tell us about a situation where you trusted your team to derive a new approach to an old problem. How did you manage the process?
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• Tell us about a time when you had to convince a senior colleague that change was necessary. What made you think that your new approach would be better suited?
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• What big decision did you make recently. How did you go about it?
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How did you reach the decision that you wanted to change job?
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Give an example of a time when you had to delay a decision to reflect on the situation. What did you need to do this?
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What is the decision that you have put off the longest? Why?
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When is the last time that you have refused to make a decision?
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• Give us an example of a situation where you had to make a decision without the input of key players, but knowing that these key players would judge you on that decision (e.g. superior unavailable at the time).
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Tell us about a time when you had to make a decision without knowledge of the full facts.
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Tell us about a situation where you made a decision that involuntarily impacted negatively on others. How did you make that decision and how did you handle its consequences?
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Tell us about a decision that you made, which you knew would be unpopular with a group of people. How did you handle the decision-making process and how did you manage expectations?
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Tell us about a situation where you made a decision too quickly and got it wrong. Why made you take that decision?
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What type of responsibilities do you delegate. Give examples of projects where you made best use of delegation.
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Give an example of a project or task that you felt compelled to complete on your own. What stopped you from delegating?
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Give an example of a situation where you reluctantly delegated to a colleague. How did you feel about it?
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