Interview

Question 1

Tell me about a time you exhibited leadership.

Answer 1

LAG speaking to 50+ people and coordinating the agencies bills with 8 divisions.

ObGyn project working with a community member who needed guidance on what to do.

Question 2

Tell me about a time when you had to solve a problem.

Answer 2

Complicated casework at the legislature and navigating what state agencies and networks to help constituents.

Question 3

Tell me about a time when you failed.

Answer 3

Meeting at Revenue with image not approved by legal.

Question 4

What kind of leader are you?

Answer 4

Collaborative and empowering, take initiative, delegate tasks, receive feedback. Took lead on many projects in grad school.

Question 5

What is your greatest accomplishment?

Answer 5

Going back to grad school in my 30s.

Question 6

What would you say your biggest weakness is?

Answer 6

Lack of assertiveness, conflict avoidant

Question 7

What are your long term goals?

Answer 7

Health policy and consulting. Mental health policy.

Question 8

What do you do for fun?

Question 9

Tell me about a time where you disagreed with your boss.

Answer 9

Staying up all night watching legislative hearings. Dr. Lewis non human subject research.

Question 10

Why are you interested in consulting?

Answer 10

RA move from project to project and like that.

Meeting with Sasha seems interesting.

Bx health policy is what I was most interested in when going to school.

Question 11

What would your current boss say you need to work on?

Answer 11

Quantitative, statistical stuff

Question 12

How do you bring diversity and inclusion into your work?

Answer 12

Partnering with communities- community based participatory research- letting communities drive change and doing it together.

Gender and race in leadership and I’m more cognizant of having descriptive representation in leadership now

Question 13

Why should we hire you?

Answer 13

10 years experience in public policy, 2 masters degrees, did thesis on mental health finance topic— loved looking into mental health finance for thesis would love it even more for a career

Question 14

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Answer 14

Mental health policy. Using degrees I went to grad school for

Question 15

What is your greatest strength?

Answer 15

Get things done early!

Question 16

Tell me about a time you failed.

Answer 16

LAG image not approved by legal

Question 17

What is your ideal work environment?

Answer 17

Work from home gives a better work life balance, great co-workers, feedback to improve but not being micromanaged

Question 18

What interests you about our company?

Answer 18

Love mission of providing affordable and equitable health care and access. Women led

Question 19

Why should I hire you?

Answer 19

Almost a decade of experience in public policy- drawn to the mission, 2 masters degrees, went to school for this

Question 20

How would your coworkers describe you?

Answer 20

Always carry my weight in groups, reliable, responsible— lots of group projects in grad school

Question 21

Do you have any questions for me?

Answer 21

Opportunities for advancement, case interview, decision timeline

Question 22

What technical skills do you possess?

Answer 22

Tableau, Excel, data visualization, slide decks

Question 23

What did you like most about your last position?

Answer 23

Comparing policy among 3 states very interesting. Interviews

Question 24

What did you like least about your last position?

Answer 24

Lack of availability of boss (extension). Kian dropping out of the project

Question 25

How do you handle conflict at work?

Answer 25

Talk to the person (Daniel), email and try to be objective

Question 26

How do you handle success?

Answer 26

Tell most important people in my life to celebrate the success

Question 27

How do you respond to stress or change?

Question 28

Why do companies need consultants?

Answer 28

Provide an outside objective view and provide the Human Resources and strategies to complete projects.

Question 29

How well do you work under pressure?

Question 30

What is your most significant professional accomplishment?

Question 31

Tell me about a time you worked within a cross-functional team to complete a project.

Question 32

Tell me about a time when you needed to adjust your approach to communicate more effectively with a stakeholder.

Question 33

Describe a time when you had to persuade a colleague or stakeholder to follow your ideas or recommendations.

Question 34

What skills or behaviors do you believe a consultant needs to be successful in this industry?

Question 35

What important ethical considerations must a consultant make?

Question 36

Tell me a time about facing an ethical dilemma at work.

Question 37

Can you walk me through a recent project you completed?

Question 38

Tell me about how you handle working with multiple clients or multiple projects at the same time.

Question 39

What are your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to teamwork?

Question 40

Have you ever thought a past team leader should have made different decisions? What would you have done and why?

Question 41

Describe a situation where you quickly had to learn an unfamiliar topic… how did you get up to speed?

Answer 41

Taxes- research briefs, asking questions.

Question 42

Tell me about a time where you suddenly had to change course in a past role, how did you handle it?

Answer 42

Changing members at the House?

Question 43

Think about a time where you made a decision without having all the information… explain how you made that decision.

Question 44

What is the most impractical idea you ever came up with? Explain why it did or did not work.

Question 45

Tell us about a situation where you developed a bold solution. How did you defend it?

Question 46

Tell us about a time there was a miscommunication between you and a colleague— how did you resolve it?

Question 47

Tell us about a time when you showed integrity and ethical practices is a team environment.

Question 48

Tell us about a recent situation where you learned new skill.