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Situational/Behavioral Questions

1. Talk about a situation where you had to deal with someone who did not want to do what you told them to do or did not want to cooperate.
2. Talk about a situation where you had to deal with someone who was going behind your back.
3. Talk about a situation where you had to convince someone or get someone to see your point of view.
4. Talk about a situation where you took the initiative and did something productive with an otherwise unfruitful situation.
5. Give me an example of when you had to sell an idea to somebody.
6. Give me an example of when you persuaded your boss to do something he had been unwilling to do.
7. Give me an example of when your creativity helped your company in solving a problem.
8. Give me an example of when you redesigned a work process which improved the process efficiency.
9. Describe a situation in which you were ask to bend the rules, and how you handled it.
10. Describe a time when you were in a fluid, ambiguous situation... and failed.
11. Tell me about a time when you had a major disagreement with your boss and how you handled the situation.
12. Tell me about a time when you had to persuade others to follow your plan of action.
13. How do you persuade a person to take an action?
14. Describe a team project in which you demonstrated your ability to interact with team-members and your contribution to the project.
15. What would you do if you were in a situation that your supervisor gives you an urgent task while you are working at another project with an approaching deadline?