Behavioral Questions

Question 1

Tell me about yourself

Question 2

Tell me about a time you have a conflict with a coworker

Question 3

Tell me about a time you had to push back. What actions did you take.

Question 4

Tell me about a specific thing you did that positively impacted a program or project you worked on.

Question 5

What do you see as your greatest accomplishment?

Question 6

What kinds of interpersonal or work situations have you found irritating? How did you deal with them?

Question 7

What kinds of people make you feel uncomfortable? Give me an example of a couple of these that you have dealt with. How did you handle them?

Question 8

Can you tell me about a time you disagreed with a manager’s decision? How did you handle it?

Question 9

When’s a time you changed your mind or realized you were wrong about something?

Question 10

Do you have any work habits you’d like to improve?

Question 11

Tell me about a time when you had competing priorities. What did you do?

Question 12

Tell me a time something went wrong or you made a mistake, and how you handled it. What was the result? What’d you learn from that experience?

Question 13

Tell me about a person you’ve worked with who’s had a great impact on you.

Question 14

What’s been the most challenging problem you have faced and how did you solve it?

Question 15

Tell me about one of your favorite projects that you’ve worked on

Question 16

How would you describe “clean code”? What heuristics would you look for when reviewing code?

Question 17

Tell me about a time when you worked on a project for an extended period, and what strategies you used to avoid burnout?

Question 18

Tell me about a time when you used your creativity to contribute to a project.

Question 19

What do you want in a role?

Question 20

How did you split up work?

Question 21

What is your experience working on a team?

Question 22

Talk about how your experience prepared you for this role

Question 23

What are the top 3 things you are looking for in you next job