☛ At times your work load may feel unmanageable. Describe a time when you recognized that you were unable to meet multiple deadlines. What did you do about it?

☛ Tell us about an idea you started that involved collaboration with your colleagues that improved the business.

☛ When you had extra time available at your last job, describe ways you found to make your job more efficient.

☛ At times you may be asked to do many things at once. Tell me how you would decide what is most important and why.

☛ Tell me a time when you identified a problem with a process and what steps did you take to improve the problem?

☛ What processes or techniques have you learned to make a job easier, or to be more effective? What was your discovery process and how did you implement your idea?

☛ Give me an example of a new idea you suggested to your manager within the last six months. Describe steps you have taken to implement your idea.

☛ Tell me about a time when you went beyond your manager's expectations in order to get the job done.

☛ Tell me about a time when you identified a new, unusual or different approach for addressing a problem or task.

☛ Describe a project or idea (not necessarily your own) that was implemented, or carried out successfully primarily because of your efforts.

☛ How do you react when faced with many hurdles while trying to achieve a goal? How do you overcome the hurdles?

☛ Everyone has good days and bad days at work. Take your time and think back to a really good day you had and tell me why it was a good day.

☛ How do you maintain self-motivation when you experience a setback on the way to achieve your goal? How do you do it?

☛ If you find yourself working with a team that is not motivated, how do you keep yourself motivated and motivate others?

☛ Describe the work environment or culture in which you are most productive and happy.

☛ Tell me about the job position that satisfied you the most. How about the least? What made each one more or less satisfying to you?

☛ What goals, including career goals, have you set for your life?

☛ Describe for me a situation where you had a positive effect on someone. What did you do? How did the other person react? Why do you think what happened, happened?

☛ What is your preferred work style? Do you prefer working alone or as part of a team? What percentage of your time would you allocate to each, given the choice?

☛ Describe the actions and behaviors of your current/former manager or supervisor that you respond to most effectively?