► Discuss examples of situations when you had to persuade a person of a different point of view to agree with you on an issue.

► What are some of the best ideas you ever sold to a superior or peer? What were your approaches?

► Describe a time when you had to use several approaches because your initial approach failed to persuade others.

► Describe your most satisfying experience in attempting to gain upper management's support of an idea or proposal. What was the situation, and how did that turn out?

► What oral presentations have you made? What were the most successful? Why?

► Have you ever done any public speaking? Tell me about one of these events.

► Give an example of when you made a presentation to an uninterested or hostile audience.

► What are examples of the most difficult writing assignments you've ever had? Why?

► Describe a time when you had to convince someone, who didn't directly report to you, to do something they didn't want to do.

► Please compare your verbal communication skills to your writing skills. Which skill has most strongly enhanced your career progress? Why? What are specific strengths and weaknesses of your verbal and written skills?