LEADERSHIP

Question 1

Tell me about a team project when you had to take charge of the assigned task? What did you
do? What was the result?

Answer 1

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 2

Describe a leadership role of yours outside of work. Why did you commit your time to it? How
did you feel about it?

Answer 2

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 3

What is the toughest group that you have ever had to lead? What were the obstacles? How did
you handle the situation?

Answer 3

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 4

What has been your greatest leadership achievement in a professional environment? Talk
through the steps you took to reach it.

Answer 4

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 5

What have been the greatest obstacles you have faced in building/growing a team?

Answer 5

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 6

Describe a time when you have not only been responsible for leading a team of people but for
also doing the same job as your team members? How did you juggle/balance your time?

Answer 6

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 7

Give an example of a time in which you felt you were able to build motivation in your co workers and/or subordinates at work.

Answer 7

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 8

Give an example of your ability to build motivation in your co-workers. Why do you think you
have been successful motivating others in the past?

Answer 8

Situation.
Task.
Action. focusing on the positive aspects of any situation and communicating with others
Result.

Question 9

Please provide an example of a situation where you have experienced difficulty getting others to
accept your ideas. What was your approach? Did it work?

Answer 9

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 10

Have you ever been a member of a group where two of the members did not work well
together? What did you do to get them to do so?

Answer 10

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 11

Describe a situation in which you were able to successfully influence someone to see things your
way. What was it that made your efforts successful?

Answer 11

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 12

Have you ever led a team through a large-scale change? What was it? Describe the process you
took. What was the result?

Answer 12

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 13

What techniques do you use to encourage employees to share ideas to improve the business?

Answer 13

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 14

In this department, we require every employee to think and act like a customer advocate. How
would you know if that were happening on your team?

Answer 14

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 15

How do you build problem-solving and critical thinking skills in your employees? Tell me about
your biggest success story in this arena?

Answer 15

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 16

Provide an example of how you coached an employee in completing a new assignment?

Answer 16

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 17

What have you done to develop your subordinates? Give an example.

Answer 17

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 18

What have you done to improve the skills of your subordinates and provide examples?

Answer 18

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 19

What was your biggest mistake in hiring someone? What happened? How did you deal with the
situation?

Answer 19

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 20

What was your biggest success in hiring someone and why was it a success?

Answer 20

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 21

What criteria have you used to measure success when hiring new staff?

Answer 21

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 22

Describe the professional relationship you have with your current manager?

Answer 22

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 23

Have you worked in a telework (work from home) environment? How did you manage your
staff while teleworking?

Answer 23

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 24

What is your philosophy regarding management and what is your preferred management style?
Give me an example of a time your management style worked well and a time when things
could have gone better.

Answer 24

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 25

Have you ever been in a position in which you had to lead or supervise a group of individuals at
different locations (or working from home)? How did this work? What were the obstacles and
how did you overcome them?

Answer 25

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.

Question 26

Describe your management style, communication style and leadership style. Give specific
examples of how you exhibited these traits in previous leadership roles.

Answer 26

Situation.
Task.
Action.
Result.