[Jobs] Another 100 questions

[Michael Bullis]

Here are a hundred questions more relevant to managers or would-be
managers.  They might be useful to many of you.  
Thanks to Charles Watlow and Management Recruiters for them.
Mike Bullis
100 TOP INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1.      What type of role do you play in a team?

2.      How do you go above and beyond the call of duty?

3.       How do your managers, peers and subordinates perceive

          collectively and separately?

4.      How do you keep learning outside the office?

5.      Do you feel you are growing within your field.

6.      What have you learned on your own that has aided you

          in your work life?

7.      Give me an example of how you had to take on a tough

          project and make it a success?

8.      Walk me through a situation where you had to overcome

          an obstacle?

9.      Tell me about a time when you had to be resourceful to

          finish a project on time?

10.    Describe a time when you had to take a project from

          inception to fruition?

11.    Walk me through an average and a hectic day.

12.    How have you improved communication with your peers,

          managers, peers and clients.

13.    Describe how you have improved in your job?  Short

          term vs. Long term.

14.    How have you driven a group or team to a specific goal?

15.    Describe to me a situation where you have worked

          through other people to reach a goal?

 16.   Why are you interested in this company?  How does it fit

          with your goals and aspirations?

17.    How can this company best utilize your skills?  How can

          you add value?

18.    How do you measure the quality of your work?

19.    What tradeoffs are you making to come to this company?

20.    Describe a time when you stood up for something you

          believed in and were met with resistance?

21.    What would you do if your team made a decision that

          negatively impacted your business or a client?

22.    Persuade me to move to your city?

23.    Why should we hire you? Persuade me.

24.    How do you measure success?

25.    What kind of people motivate you?

26.    What has been your most significant professional and

          personal accomplishment?  How did it make you feel?

27.    Take me through a time when you had to be creative to

          solve a problem?

28.    Describe your ideal job?

29.    Tell me about someone you admire professionally and

          why?

30.    Share with me how you accomplished a challenging

          project? Why was it a challenge?

31.    Describe your work philosophy?

32.    How do you keep things from falling through the cracks?

33.    How do you motivate people?

34.    Describe how you work under tight deadlines?

35.    How do you generally solve problems?

36.    Give me some insight on how you like your work day to

          be?

37.    How do you manage different personalities on a team?

38.    At what point are you confident that a project has been

          thoroughly and successfully completed?

39.    Do you second guess yourself?

40.    If you had to replace yourself in  your current position,

          what three essential characteristics would your

          replacement have?

41.    What tools or resources enhance your effectiveness in

          your field?

42.    How do you prioritize projects?

43.    What do you like best and least about your current job?

44.    Where do you see yourself in 3, 5 and 10 years from

          now?

45.    How have you created strategies to ensure success on a

          project?

46.    Describe a great day in your business?

47.    Why are you successful?

48.    What drives and motivates you?

49.    How important is money, title, reputation?

50.    What is a successful candidate and what do you look for

          when you are hiring?

51.    What stimulates you about your field?

52.    How do you organize yourself to make project or

          personal deadlines?

53.    Is it important to stick to a system for project

          completion?

54.    What is thinking outside the box to you?

55.    Where have you had to be flexible to hit a goal or

          complete a project?

56.    How do you overcome a manager's or supervisor's

          resistance to one of your ideas?

57.    What are some of your current professional goals?

58.    Do you enjoy changing people's minds?

59.    What kind of decision maker are you?

60.    What do winners have in common with each other?

61.    When do you have to be empathetic?

62.    Describe a time when you had to help a colleague out that

          did not directly benefit you?

63.    How important for you is it to be the best in your field?

64.    What do you want to be remembered for?

65.    Describe a time when you haven't been your best?

66.    What do you wish you were better at?  Are you working

          to improve it? How?

67.    In the last 5 years how have you improved yourself

          professionally?

68.    What is smart?

69.    How would you define courage within a professional

          setting?

70.    Do you have any professional fears?  How will you

          conquer them?

71.    Have you ever confronted someone who intimidates you?

          What happened and how did you feel?

72.    Who learned more from that situation?

73.    Do you think you intimidate people?

74.    How do you want people to see you?

75.    Are you #1 in your group?  How is the #1 person

          different from you?

76.    What will it take for you to be #1?

77.    How do you feel about losing?  When was the last time

          you lost?

78.    What was your last major purchase?  What were the

          tradeoffs in your decision?

79.    Do you like multi-tasking or working on one project at a

          time?

80.    Where is your passion in work?

81.    How do you analyze people?

82.    Would you consider yourself more analytical or

          conceptual?

83.    Would you describe yourself as a technical person or a

          people person?

84.    How do you motivate others to meet deadlines?'

85.    Do you need or want to be successful?

86.    What type of things do you need to have in your next job

          to make a move?

87.    How do you work smart?

88.    How do you go about learning new things in your field?

89.    Are you a type A, B or C type personality?

90.    What does competitive mean to you.  How have you been

          competitive in High School, College or Work?

91.    What does leadership mean to you?  How does a leader

          become a leader?

92.    Describe a strong work ethic?  Does it always mean

          working long hours?

93.    How do take pride in your work?

94.    How would you describe your ability to communicate?

          Rate for me your vocabulary knowledge and written

          skills?

95.    What will it take to double your current production?

          What kind of tradeoffs or sacrifices will you have to

          make to get there?

96.    Do you have any professional regrets?  If so, then how

          have you handled them?

97.    How do you know when you are content in your job?  Is

          being content a good thing or a bad thing?

98.    On a scale of 1 to 100 how would you rate yourself,

100 being the best candidate? Would you be considered

to have a strong, healthy or poor ego?

99.    Are you doing everything you can to be successful

          everyday? Why not?

100   How would you react if you knew that everyone in your

          department was going to be let go except for one person?

          Would you give notice?  Would you begin looking for

          other work.  Would you work harder and smarter so that

          you could be that one person?