Leadership Job Interview Questions & Answers Flashcards
Tell me about a time when you successfully lead a team and projects.
I have had led several successful projects that had strict deadlines.
For instance, in my previous job as a compliance manager, I managed a team that worked on interdepartmental projects with different timelines.
For me, the key to effective leadership and a successful project is maintaining open and clear communication lines, delegating tasks, and keeping track of each project independently.
It is important to coaching and mentor your team and try to help them develop themselves as professionals. This way, they can gradually take on more responsibilities, which is important when you’re working on multiple projects with different deadlines.
I prioritize my time in advance to ensure that I can keep up with all of project deadlines and deliverables.
Communication always plays a major role in project success. Clear communication within teams is essential and my policy is to require that everyone update a shared calendar with updates and changes and then discuss the calendar during weekly standup meetings. These meetings allow me to adjust resources and expectations accordingly. This ensures that my team stays on track and also provides insight any questions from leadership.
The interviewers ask you leadership interview questions to uncover answers to the following questions:
1) What are your leadership experience and growth potential?
2) Do you fit in the company culture, and are you easy to get along with?
3) Can you communicate efficient and effective with different types of personalities?
4) Are you able to respond adequately to situations in your work?
5) Can you adjust to changing work environments?
6) Are you a team player, and can you mentor/coach colleagues or other teams when needed?
7) Are you flexible in your approaches to situations at work?
Interview questions for LEADERSHIP potential
1) Tell me about a time you demonstrated leadership.
2) How would you describe your leadership style?
3) What do you do when you do not have the answer to a problem?
4) Tell me about a time you had to adapt to a changing work environment.
5) How do you assess risks in your work?
Leadership questions about your passion for the job
1) Tell me about a personal experience that led to you becoming a better leader.
2) Tell me about a challenging situation at work and how you solved it.
3) What do you like most about managing other people/teams?
4) How do you stay up to date about what’s going on with the people you’re managing?
Leadership questions about conflict resolution
1) How do you handle conflicts within your team?
2) When was the last time you had a disagreement with a coworker or customer, and how did you handle the situation?
3) How do you deal with conflict?
4) How do you deal with differences of opinion within your team?
Leadership questions about adaptability
1) How do you adjust to changes you have no control over? (For instance, a person from your team decides to quit)
2) What are the biggest challenges you face as a manager? How do you tackle these issues?
3) Tell me about a time you had to complete a task you never did before. How did you approach this situation, and what was the result?
4) Tell me about a time you faced an unexpected setback. What happened in that situation?
Leadership questions about negotiation skills
1) How do you persuade others to do what you want during work?
2) What do you consider the most important characteristic of a good negotiator?
3) What is the most complex negotiation that you have handled?
4) How do you deal with people that disagree with you?
5) What negotiation successes are you most proud of?
Leadership questions about creative thinking
1) Give me an example of a challenging situation that you solved through creative thinking.
2) As a leader, how do you come up with ideas?
3) Tell me about a business problem that you had to solve in a unique or innovative way. How did you approach the situation, and what was the outcome?
4) What do you do when a team member comes up to you with a unique idea?
5) In what ways have you encouraged your team to be more creative and innovative?
Leadership questions about people management
1) How do you encourage and coach team members to develop themselves?
2) How do you track the performance of your team members?
3) When was the last time you had to fire someone?
4) What happened, and how did you handle it?
Leadership questions about decision-making
1) Walk me through your decision-making process.
2) Tell me about the most difficult decision you had to make. How did you come to that decision?
3) Describe a time when you made an unpopular decision. How did you handle the feedback you got?
4) Would you have handled the situation differently, looking back?
5) Tell me about a time when you had to make an immediate decision on a critical issue.
