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This document contains sample behavioral interview questions organized into categories including ability to handle stress, adaptability, analytical skills, attention to detail, communication, creativity, decision making, goal setting, initiative, integrity/honesty, interpersonal skills, leadership, planning and organization/time management, and teamwork. The questions are designed to have interviewees provide real-life examples of how they exhibited these competencies in previous work experiences.

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Mock Interview Questions

This document contains sample behavioral interview questions organized into categories including ability to handle stress, adaptability, analytical skills, attention to detail, communication, creativity, decision making, goal setting, initiative, integrity/honesty, interpersonal skills, leadership, planning and organization/time management, and teamwork. The questions are designed to have interviewees provide real-life examples of how they exhibited these competencies in previous work experiences.

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Interview Preparation-Behavioral Questions

ABILITY TO HANDLE STRESS

1. What has been the most stressful situation you have ever found yourself
in at work? How did you handle it?

2. What have you done in the past to prevent a situation from becoming
too stressful for you or your colleagues to handle?

ADAPTABILITY

1. Tell me about a situation in which you have had to adjust to changes


over which you had no control. How did you handle it?
2. Tell me about a time when you had to adjust to a colleague’s working
style in order to complete a project or achieve your objectives.
3. How was your transition from high school to university? Did you face
any particular problems? How did you handle them?

ANALYTICAL SKILLS / PROBLEM SOLVING

1. Describe the project or situation that best demonstrates your analytical


abilities. What was your role?
2. Tell me about a time when you had to analyze information and make a
recommendation. What kind of thought process did you go through?
Was the recommendation accepted? If not, why?
3. Tell me about a situation where you had to solve a difficult problem.
What did you do? What was the outcome? What do you wish you had
done differently?
4. What steps do you follow to study a problem before making a decision?
Why?
ATTENTION TO DETAIL

1. What process do you use to check that you have the right details from a
customer?
2. Give me an example of a time you discovered an error that been
overlooked by a colleague. What did you do? What was the outcome?
3. Tell me about a time that you were confused by a customer’s request.
What steps did you take to clarify things?

COMMUNICATION

1. Tell me about a recent successful experience in making a speech or


presentation?
2. When have you had to present to a group of people with little or no
preparation? What obstacles did you face? How did you handle them?
3. Have you ever had to “sell” an idea to your co-workers? How did you do
it?
4. Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully
communicate with another person even when that individual may not
have personally liked you (or vice versa).
5. What obstacles or difficulties have you ever faced in communicating
your ideas to a manager?
6. Tell me about a time in which you had to use your written
communication skills in order to get an important point across.
7. When have you chosen to communicate a particular message in person
as opposed to via email even though the email channel would have been
a lot faster?
CREATIVITY

1. When was the last time you thought “outside the box” and how did you
do it? Why?
2. Tell me about a problem that you’ve solved in a unique or unusual way.
What was the outcome? Were you happy or satisfied with it?
3. Give me an example of when someone brought you a new idea that was
odd or unusual. What did you do?
4. When have you brought an innovative idea into your team? How was it
received?

DECISION MAKING

1. Tell me about a time when you had to make a decision without all the
information you needed. How did you handle it?
2. Give me an example of a time when you had to be quick in coming to a
decision. What obstacles did you face?
3. What is the most difficult decision you’ve ever had to make till date?
How did you arrive at your decision? What was the result?
4. Give me an example of a decision you made that you ultimately
regretted. What happened?

GOAL SETTING

1. Where do you see yourself down the line next 5 years from now? How
will you achieve it?
2. How have you gone about setting short-term goals and long-term goals
for yourself? What steps did you take along the way to keep yourself
accountable?

INITIATIVE

1. Describe a project or idea (not necessarily your own) that was


implemented primarily because of your efforts. What was your role?
What was the outcome?
2. Tell me about a project you initiated. What did you do? Why? What was
the outcome? Were you happy with the result?
3. Tell me about a time when your initiative caused a change to occur.
4. What has been the best idea you have come up with during your
professional career?

INTEGRITY/HONESTY

1. Discuss a time when your integrity was challenged. How did you handle
it?
2. Tell me about a time when you experienced a loss for doing what is
right. How did you react?
3. Tell me about a situation when you felt honesty was inappropriate.
Why? What did you do?
4. Give a specific example of a policy you conformed to with which you did
not agree. Why?

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

1. Give an example of when you had to work with someone who was
difficult to get along with. How/why was this person difficult? How did
you handle it? How did the relationship progress?
2. Describe a situation where you found yourself dealing with someone
who didn’t like you. How did you handle it?
3. Tell me about a time when you had to work on a team with someone you
did not get along with. What happened?
4. Describe a situation where you had a conflict with another individual,
and how you dealt with it. What was the outcome? How did you feel
about it?

LEADERSHIP

1. Tell me about a team project when you had to take charge of the project?
What did you do? What was the result?
2. Describe a leadership role of yours outside of work. Why did you
commit your time to it? How did you feel about it?
3. What is the toughest group that you have ever had to lead? What were
the obstacles? How did you handle the situation?
4. What has been your greatest leadership achievement in a professional
environment? Talk through the steps you took to reach it.
5. What have been the greatest obstacles you have faced in
building/growing a team?
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?

PLANNING AND ORGANISATION / TIME MANAGEMENT

1. Describe a situation that required you to do a number of things at the


same time. How did you handle it? What was the result?
2. How do you prioritize projects and tasks when scheduling your time?
Give me some examples.
3. Tell me about a project that you planned. How did your organize and
schedule the tasks? Tell me about your action plan.
4. When has a project or event you organised not gone according to plan?
What happened? Why? How did you feel?
TEAMWORK

1. Describe a situation where others you were working with on a project


disagreed with your ideas. What did you do?
2. Tell me about a time when you worked with a colleague who was not
doing their share of the work. How did you handle it?
3. Tell me about a time when you had to work on a team that did not get
along. What happened? What role did you take? What was the result?
4. What was the biggest mistake you have made when delegating work as
part of a team project?
5. Tell me about a time when you had settle a dispute between team
members. How did you go about identifying the issues? What was the
result?
6. What have you found to be the difficult part of being a member, not
leader, of a team? How did you handle this?

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