Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Leadership Interview,

Leadership

General

1. One of the requirements for this position is that the individual be a self-starter. Give us an example of
your ability to be a self-starter.
2. In a professional setting, are you a member or a leader of a team?
3. Define leadership.
4. What personal qualities should a leader have?
5. What is your strongest leadership skill and how will it assist you for this job? 6. Provide us with an example of your leadership ability.
7. What is the importance of leadership in the organization?
8. What role does leadership play for a supervisor or manager?
9. What have you done to develop your leadership skills?
10. Tell us about a situation in which you demonstrated your leadership ability.

Advanced
 
What is the difference between a leader and a manager?
Discuss the different styles of leadership you use in accomplishing your management role.
What motivational techniques do you use with your work unit?
What can a supervisor do to enhance an employee's job and the employee's motivation?
What motivates employees?
A subordinate has not been successful on a task, how do you offer constructive feedback? What are some of the ways in which a supervisor can motivate staff? Or de-motivate staff? Tell us about a situation where you motivated your staff to extraordinary accomplishments.
Cite some of the circumstances under which a leader is not successful. What do you attribute this lack
of success to?

Occupational Knowledge/Technology Orientation

1.     What steps have you taken to enable you to become more effective in your position and what
strengths will you bring to this position?
2. One of the responsibilities of the position is to better utilize technology when performing the functions
of the office. Assuming that there is little use of technology in our office, what would you do to
enhance the utilization of technology here?
3. If we were to offer you this position, how do you imagine that you would spend your first two weeks?
4. What computer software (word processing, spreadsheets, database) programs are you most
comfortable using? What specifically did you do with Excel or Access database etc?

Team Focus
 
How do you establish working relationship with new people?
How do you see your responsibilities as a group member?
What are the important qualities a person should have to become an effective team member?
What are the characteristics of a successful team?
Tell us about an unsuccessful team of which you were a member. What, if anything, could you have
done differently?

6. Tell us about a successful team of which you were a member. What was the most outstanding
characteristic of that team? What did you contribute?
7. What qualities do you have that make you an effective team player?
8. Do you work better by yourself or as part of a team?
9. What can you contribute to establish a positive working environment for our team?
10. What type of people do you work best with?

Advanced

1. What factors would you consider in assembling a project team?
2. Name some of the pitfalls to be avoided in building an effective team.
3. Give us examples where you introduced ideas or processes that have made a team become more
productive?
4. What actions can a supervisor take to establish teamwork in the organization?
5.     What are the advantages, if any, of establishing team goals as opposed to individual goals?

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