behavioural.md

Behavioural Questions

• General
• The company
• The role
• Teamwork
• Conflict management
• Problem solving
• Adaptability
• Feedback
• Time management
• Initiative

General

• Tell me about yourself.
• What can you bring to this role?
• What do you want to get out of the role?
• What are your goals?
• Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
• Tell me about a weakness you have.
• Tell me about your best accomplishment to date.
• How would your parents and friends describe you?

The company

• Why do you want to work for <company>?
• What's your favourite <company> value?
  • Back this up with a story

The role

Questions specific to your role type or discipline. Replace <> with the role you are interviewing for (software engineering, product management, product design, data science, etc.

• Why are you interested in <role>?
• What do you want to learn about <role>?
• What do you think are some of the most important skills for a <role>?
• How do you explain what you do to someone who has never heard of <role>?
• What do you think makes a good <role>?

Teamwork

• Tell me about a successful team project you worked on.
• Tell me about a time you disagreed with your team’s recommendation. What did you do?
• Tell me about a time when a team project you worked on failed. What happened, and what steps did you take to move forward?
• Tell me about a challenging workplace situation that you had to deal with.

Conflict management

• Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker.
• Tell me about a time where you resolved a conflict.

Problem solving

• Tell me about a time you tackled a complex problem, and how you went about it?
• How do you overcome challenges?
• Talk about a challenge you overcame, and what you learned

Adaptability

• Tell me about a time you had to learn a new task or tool at work.

Feedback

• How do you handle criticism with your work?
• Tell me about a time you received constructive feedback.
• Tell me about a time when you had to give someone difficult feedback.

Time management

• Give me an example of a time you had to prioritise certain tasks or projects over others.
• Give me an example of a time when you had to handle multiple responsibilities at once. How did you prioritise your time?
• Have you ever missed a deadline? What did you do about it?

Initiative

• Tell me about a time you learnt something by yourself.
• Tell me about a goal you set and reached and how you achieved it.
• Tell me about a time you went above and beyond in a project.