Dive Deep

Question 1

1. Tell me about a time when you were trying to understand a complex problem on your team and you had to dig into the details to figure it out. Who did you talk with or where did you have to look to find the most valuable information? How did you use that information to help solve the problem?

Question 2

2. Tell me about a situation that required you to dig deep to get to the root cause. How did you know you were focusing on the right things? What was the outcome? Would you have done anything differently?

Question 3

3. Tell me about a problem you had to solve that required in-depth thought and analysis. How did you know you were focusing on the right things? What was the outcome? Would you have done anything differently?

Question 4

4. Walk me through a big problem or issue in your organization that you helped to solve. How did you become aware of it? What information did you gather? What information was missing and how did you fill the gaps? Did you do a reflection at the conclusion of the project? If so, what did you learn?

Question 5

5. Tell me about a specific metric you have used to identify a need for a change in your department. Did you create the metric or wasit already available? How did this and other information influence the change? What was the outcome of this change?

Question 6

6. Have you ever created a metric that helped identify a need for a change in your department? What was the metric? Why did you create it? How did this and other information influence change? What was the outcome of the change?

Question 7

7. Tell me about a time when you had to validate the assumptions underlying a direct report’s project. How did you decide follow up was necessary? What steps, if any, did you take to validate the assumptions? What was the result? (Manager)

Question 8

8. Tell me about a time when you sought diverse perspectives to evaluate the assumptions underlying a direct report’s project. How did you ensure that you were being inclusive in your review? (Manager) (DEI)