Action-oriented / self-motivation

1. Describe a situation when you did much more than it was expected from
you to get the project done. Were your efforts recognized? By whom and
how? How did that make you feel?
2. Tell me about a time when you took ownership of a project. Why did
you do this? What was the result of you taking the challenge? What could
have happened if you did not take ownership?
3. Think about an instance in which you came up with a project idea which
was implemented primarily because of your efforts. What was it about?
What was its outcome? What was your role? 
4. Describe a time when you made a suggestion to improve something on
the project that you were working on. 
5. Give me an example of the project or initiative that you started on your
own. It can be a non-business one. What prompted you to get started?
Ability to adapt
6. Describe a situation in which you met a major obstacle in order to
complete a project. How did you deal with it? What steps did you take?
7. Tell me about a time you had to work on several projects at once. How
did you handle this?
8. Describe a situation on which you have experienced significant project
change that you weren’t expecting. What was it? How did that impact you,
and how did you adapt to this change? How did you remain productive
through the project?
9. Describe a situation in which you had to adjust to changes over which
you had no control. How did you do this?
Communication skills
10. I’d be interested in hearing about a miscommunication you had with
your supervisor. How did you solve it? What was the reason for that? How
did you deal with that situation?
11. Tell me about an instance when you had to communicate a really bad
piece of news to your supervisor or team members. How did you handle
it? What was the outcome?
12. Give an example of a time when you didn’t agree with other
programmer. Did you stand up for something that you believed was right?
13. Tell me about a time when you had to present complex programming
problem to a person that doesn’t understand technical jargon. How did you
ensure that the other person understood you? 
14. Describe a situation in which you felt you had not communicated well
enough. What did you do? How did you handle it?
15. Tell me about a situation that you had to speak up and be assertive in
order to get a point across that was important for you.
Conflict management
16. Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with other
programmer. How did you handle the situation? Were you able to reach a
mutually beneficial resolution to that conflict? If not, why were you and
your co-worker unable to reach a mutually beneficial resolution? If you
knew then what you know now, what would you have done differently to
either prevent the conflict, or to resolve it? 
17. Tell me about a time when you had to work with a difficult person to
accomplish a goal. What was the biggest challenge? How did you handle
it?
18. Has there been a time on project when you disagreed with someone?
What did you do about it?
19. Tell me about when you had to deal with conflict within your team.
How was the conflict solved? How did you handle that? How would you
deal with it now?
How do you ensure you’re communicating effectively with non-
technical colleagues?

Creativity
20. Give me an example of a time you had to take a creative and unusual
approach to solve problem. How did this idea come to your mind? Why do
you think it was unusual?

Decision making
21. Give me an example of a time when you were faced with a complex
project related matter and you could not decide on the best way to deal
with. What did you do? How did you go about making the decision – lead
me through your decision process? If you could make the decision once
again, would you change anything?
22. Think about an instance in which you made a decision at work that was
unpopular. How did you handle it? 
23. Give me an example of a project that completely failed. Why do you
think it was a failure? Could there be anything done differently in order to
turn it into success?
24. Describe a situation in which you worked diligently on a project and it
did not produce the desired results. Why didn’t you get the desired results?
What did you learn from the experience? 
25. Think about a situation when you made a poor decision or did
something that just didn’t turn out right. What happened?
Goal orientation
26. Give an example of an important project goal you reached and how
you achieved it.
27. Think about an instance in which you worked on and achieved
multiple project goals.
28. Describe a circumstance when you were not able to achieve a project
goal that was set by your supervisor. How did you handle this situation?
What was the outcome?
29. Think about an instance in which you had to depend on others to help
you achieve a project goal. How did you feel?
Influence/persuasion
30. Tell me about a recent situation at work in which you were able to get
management to accept one of your ideas.
31. Describe a situation in which you experienced difficulty in getting
others to accept your ideas? What was your approach? How did this work?
Were you able to successfully persuade someone to see things your way?
32. Have you ever had to “sell” an idea to your project team? How did you
do it? Did they “buy” it?
Planning, priority setting, time management
33. Tell me about a situation when you were responsible for project
planning. Did everything go according to your plan? If not, then why and
what kind of counteractions did you have to take?
Problem solving skills
34. Tell me about a situation when you made a mistake at work. What
happened exactly and how did you deal with it? What steps did you take to
improve the situation?
35. What is the biggest problem you have faced on projects so far and how
did you solve it? What made the problem difficult to resolve? What was
the result? Would you do anything differently now?
36. Give me an example of a time when you noticed a small problem
before it turned into a major one. Did you take the initiative to correct it?
What kind of preventive measure did you undertake?
37. Walk me through a difficult/complex problem/project you
encountered. How did you decide what to do first? What information did
you need? What obstacles did you face? Which ones were you able to
overcome? Did you have to ask for help?
Teamwork
38. Tell me about a time when you worked with someone who was not
completing his or her share of the work. How did you handle the situation?
Did you discuss your concern with your coworker? With your manager? If
yes, how did your coworker respond to your concern? What was your
manager’s response?
39. Describe a situation where you had to work in a team that didn’t get on
very well. What happened? What did you do and what role did you take?
How did the situation evolve?
40. Describe a team experience you found disappointing. What would you
have done to prevent this?
41. Give me an example of working cooperatively as a team member to
accomplish an important goal. What was the objective? To what extent did
you interact with other project members?
42. Tell me about the most difficult situation you have had when leading a
team. What happened and how did you handle it? Were you successful?
What was the most important thing you did?
Working under pressure
43. Describe a situation when you worked effectively under pressure. How
did you feel when working under pressure? What was going on, and how
did you get through it?
44. Tell me about a situation when you had problems working under
pressure. How did you handle that situation? Did you decide to ask for
support? How and when did you ask for help?
45. Give me a recent example of a stressful situation on the job. What
happened? How did you handle it?
What do you want Ms. Thục to do in the next 2 weeks that is useful to this
class?

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development
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