Behavioral Questions

Question 1

Give me an example of the project or initiative that you started on your own. It can be a non-business one. What prompted you to get started?

Question 2

Tell me about a time you had to work on several projects at once. How did you handle this?

Question 3

Describe a situation in which you felt you had not communicated well enough. What did you do? How did you handle it?

Question 4

Tell me about when you had to deal with conflict within your team. How was the conflict solved? How did you handle that? How would you deal with it now?

Question 5

Give me an example of a time you had to take a creative and unusual approach to solve a coding problem. How did this idea come to your mind? Why do you think it was unusual?

Question 6

Describe a situation 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?

Question 7

Give an example of an important project goal you reached and how you achieved it.

Question 8

Describe a situation in which you experienced difficulty in getting others to accept your ideas? What was your approach? How did this work? Were you able to successfully persuade someone to see things your way?

Question 9

Tell me about a situation when you were responsible for project planning. Did everything go according to your plan? If not, then why and what kind of counter actions did you have to take?

Question 10

Tell me about a situation when you made a mistake at work. What happened exactly and how did you deal with it? What steps did you take to improve the situation?

Question 11

Tell me about a time when you worked with someone who was not completing his or her share of the work. How did you handle the situation? Did you discuss your concern with your coworker? With your manager? If yes, how did your coworker respond to your concern? What was your manager’s response?

Question 12

Describe a situation when you worked effectively under pressure. How did you feel when working under pressure? What was going on, and how did you get through it?

Question 13

Tell me about yourself.

Question 14

What do you know about our company?

Question 15

Why do you want to work for us?

Question 16

Why are you interested in this opportunity?

Question 17

Tell me about your dream job? What do you really want to do with your career?

Question 18

Tell me a time when you failed.

Question 19

What do you read on a regular basis?

Question 20

What’s some critical feedback you’ve gotten recently?

Question 21

Do you have any questions?