► Describe a time where you needed to research a problem and come up with different alternatives to resolve it. How did you determine the most appropriate solution?

► Tell me about a time where you encountered something new and needed to work backwards from the end point

► What's the best idea you have ever had and successfully implemented?

► Talk about a project did not go as planned? What did you do to rectify it?

► Tell me about a time where you needed to consult several different groups to come up with an answer to an issue? What was the outcome?

► What's the most challenging workplace problem that you've encountered? What did you do to come up with a solution?

► If you inherited a team that you sensed was not performing optimally, what would you do to begin to solve the problem? Provide a case study to illustrate where you have done this.

► Describe the steps you normally take to make a decision. Tell us about a time where this did not result in the answer you anticipated and how you handled that.

► How do you assess the quality of decisions or recommendations that other people present to you? Provide an example?

► Describe a time where you needed to choose between a number of ideas? What criteria did you use?