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Which competencies will you be using for this interview?
Adheres to a Non-Partisan, Fact-Based Orientation
Applies Strategic and Critical Thinking
Communicates Effectively
Demonstrates Professional Ethics and Personal Integrity
Ensures Operational Excellence
Evidences Technical Proficiency
Focuses on Results
Leads with Excellence
Manages with Respect and Tolerance
Operates Collaboratively
Organizational Compatibility
1. Adheres to a Non-Partisan, Fact-Based Orientation:
1. Can you describe a time when you had to make a decision and all of the available facts and data were pointing in one direction but your gut feeling was telling you to go in a different direction? What did you do?
2. Tell me about a time when you thought you had your mind made up but then had someone influence your thinking and change your mind.
2. Applies Strategic and Critical Thinking:
1. Describe a project you worked on that involved critical or analytical thinking and that did not go very well. What did you learn? What would you do differently and why?
2. Can you describe for me a particularly thorny problem that you were pleased to solve?
3. What is the best example you can provide of your success in solving a particularly difficult or challenging customer problem?
3. Communicates Effectively
1. Can you describe for me a time when you had to sway the thoughts or opinions of others? How did you do it?
2. Tell me about a time you wish you had demonstrated tact and diplomacy. Would you do anything differently this time?
3. Describe a time when someone was explaining complex information and you did not understand everything. What happened and what did you do?
4. Demonstrates Professional Ethics and Personal Integrity
1. Have you ever witnessed a person doing something that you felt was against company policy. What did you do and why?
2. Under what circumstances have you felt it justifiable to break a confidence or lie?
3. Have you ever faced a significant ethical problem at work or school? What was the situation? How did you handle it?
5. Ensures Operational Excellence
1. Standards of operational excellence are essential to success. Tell me about a time when you had to work within a set of standards to reach your goals. Please be specific about what you achieved.
2. Competing priorities often require a decision to act in favor of one priority over another. Can you describe a time when you faced competing priorities and how you managed that situation?
6. Evidences Technical Proficiency
1. Can you describe the work environment and culture of your current/past employer?
2. How did you enjoy/not enjoy working in that environment?
3. How is/was your performance measured?
4. Can you describe a situation that last tested your subject matter knowledge?
7. Focuses on Results
1. Describe a situation in which you had to take a calculated risk in order to achieve a needed result. What issues did you consider? What did you do? What was the result?
2. What is the best example you can provide of how your own initiative made the difference in achieving needed results? What actions did you take? How did you decide to make a difference?
3. When have you missed an important deadline? Why did you miss it? What was the outcome?
8. Leads with Excellence
1. What is one of the most difficult leadership challenges you have ever faced? What in particular made it so difficult? What did you do? What was the result?
2. Give examples of when people have readily followed your lead and when they did not. How do you account for the differences?
3. Provide an example of a time when you were in an important leadership role. What would an “outsider” say about your organization as a result of your leadership? What were your primary responsibilities? What specific goals did you set out to achieve? What were your challenges? What would you do differently? How did you handle resistance?
9. Manages with Respect and Tolerance
1. Describe a time when you inadvertently or unintentionally demonstrated disrespect to someone. How did you handle it?
2. Tell me about a time when you needed to negotiate with someone.
10. Operates Collaboratively
1. Tell me about a situation in which you had to gain the respect of your colleagues quickly. What did you do? What was the outcome?
2. Share an example of a time when you were a member of a “high performing team.” How did the team operate? What did you contribute? What was the result? What were your frustrations?
3. From time-to-time we’ve all had to work with someone who is difficult to get along with. Can you remember a time when this occurred? Please describe how you handled it?
11. Organizational Compatibility
1. Please describe the ideal job and explain what makes it ideal.
3. How does this opportunity square with your ideal position? What do you view as the opportunities and advantages as well as risks in joining us?
2. Tell me about your academic background and then give me a description of how you think it relates to our current opening.
4. Our team adheres to a specific set of organizational policies and procedures which have supported the organization’s reputation. Can you describe any instances where you have followed specific policies and procedures to guide your actions and behaviors?
5. We have a collaborative culture that provides input and feedback to everyone’s work. Can you describe a time when you received feedback that helped you with your work? How about a time when feedback hindered your objectives? How did you manage that situation?
Any additional competencies or questions?
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