Sample Interview Questions
*The following questions are provided as examples only. They should not be
interpreted as questions that will be applied in your interview process.
Systems Thinking
Looks beyond immediate: Describe a time when you took a long term view to
solving a problem, even though the solution was not the best in the short
term.
Provides Clarity: Give me an example of when you integrated seemingly
unrelated information in order to analyze a situation or anticipate a problem.
Understand connections: Describe a time when you had to consider the
broader impact of your actions on the organization as a whole.
Considers impacts: Tell me about a time when you overlooked the impact of
your actions on the organization as a whole.
Creative Problem Solving
Seeks clarity: Please tell me about a time that you most regretted not
analyzing a problem to gain a high level of clarity before implementing a
solution.
Challenges the process: Please recall for me a time when you determined
that an existing process was better replaced by a new process.
Integrates Perspectives: Tell us about a time when gaining different
perspectives on an issue enabled you to find the right solution, not just the
obvious one.
Identifies alternative solutions: Sometimes you need to be innovative to solve
a problem. Please tell me about the most innovative solution you
implemented.
Agility
Seeks out new opportunities: Please tell me about a time when you adapted
your regular workload in order to be more efficient.
Anticipates change: Describe a time when you anticipated a change coming
and you adjusted your behaviour to ease the transition.
Emotional resilience: Please tell me about the time when you had difficulty in
accepting a proposed change.
Supports change initiatives: Please give me an example of a time when you
implemented an improvement suggested by a customer / co-worker.
Adapts: Describe a time when you needed to adapt your approach to get the
result you wanted.
Drive for Results
Plans for results: Please give me an example of a challenging goal that you
set for yourself that ultimately improved your job performance.
Takes accountability: Describe a time when you needed to be proactive to get
the result you wanted.
Takes Risks: Please tell me about a challenging goal you set that you found
particularly hard to achieve.
Focuses on outcomes: Tell me about a time when you had to focus on results
for your organization or department.
Develop Networks
Identifies Stakeholders: Describe a situation when you interacted with a
stakeholder. What did you do?
Builds relationships: Positive working relationships enhance the culture of
organizations. Please tell me about a time when you were able to improve
interpersonal relationship within your organization.
Focuses on client: Describe a time when you deliberately chose to establish a
positive, collegial relationship with a client.
Communicates Purposefully: Sometimes we become too busy to keep our coworkers informed. Please tell me about a time you regretted not providing
information for someone who needed to be in the loop.
Build Collaborative Environments
Brings people together: Please tell me about a time when you helped foster a
sense of teamwork and co-operation while working with others.
Facilitates Communication: Can you tell me about a time when you refined
the communication links within your team / organization?
Addresses conflict: Sometimes we have problems dealing with people. Please
tell me about a time that you had the greatest difficulty working with a coworker or supervisor.
Empowers others: Please describe the time you had the most trouble
delegating a task or responsibility.
Encourages diversity: Describe a time when you had difficulty getting
cooperation from a team of individuals who came from groups across your
organization.
Develop Self and Others
Plans for development: It can be easy to let our own development slide.
Please tell me about at time when you most regretted not keeping your own
skills current.
Actions development: Tell me about a time when you took steps to improve
your personal capability.
Fosters growth of others: Tell me about a time when you helped a fellow coworker or subordinate without being asked.
Develops staf: Tell me about someone who because successful as a result of
steps you took to develop them.
