Behavioral Interview Questions: Part 4

Behavioral Interview Questions And Answers, from Job Interview,HR Behavioral Interview Questions Answers for 2011,Tough Behavioral Interview Questions Answers

Delegation

• Do you consider yourself a macro or micro manager? How do you delegate?
• How do you make the decision to delegate work?
• Tell us how you go about delegating work?
• What was the biggest mistake you have had when delegating work? The biggest success?

Detail-Oriented

• Describe a situation where you had the option to leave the details to others or you could take care of them yourself.
• Do prefer to work with the "big picture" or the "details" of a situation? Give me an example of an experience that illustrates your preference.
• Have the jobs you held in the past required little attention, moderate attention, or a great deal of attention to detail? Give me an example of a situation that illustrates this requirement.
• Tell us about a difficult experience you had in working with details.
• Tell us about a situation where attention to detail was either important or unimportant in accomplishing an assigned task.

Employee Development

• Tell us about a training program that you have developed or enhanced.

Evaluating Alternatives

• Have you ever had a situation where you had a number of alternatives to choose from? How did you go about choosing one?
• How did you assemble the information?
• How did you review the information? What process did you follow to reach a conclusion?
• What alternatives did you develop?
• What are some of the major decisions you have made over the past (6, 12, 18) months?
• What kinds of decisions are most difficult for you? Describe one?
• Who made the decision?

Flexibility

• Have you ever had a subordinate whose performance was consistently marginal? What did you do?
• How have you adjusted your style when it was not meeting the objectives and/or people were not responding correctly?
• What do you do when you are faced with an obstacle to an important project? Give an example.
• When you have difficulty persuading someone to your point of view, what do you do? Give an example.

Follow-up and Control

• How did you keep track of delegated assignments?
• How do you evaluate the productivity/effectiveness of your subordinates?
• How do you get data for performance reviews?
• How do you keep track of what your subordinates are doing?
• What administrative paperwork do you have? Is it useful? Why/why not?

at 1/28/2011