- Why are you applying for this job?
- Why is this job the next step in your college experience?
- How would this job prepare you for your future career?
- Describe a time when you had to think “outside the box” and how did you go about it?
- Can you give me an example of a situation where you used creative or innovative thinking to eliminate frustration with a product or process.
- Tell me about a time when you have had to develop a creative approach to problem solving in order to get the job done.
- What is the most creative idea or project you have generated in your current role? How was it received?
- Tell me about a problem that you had to solve in a unique or innovative way. What was the outcome?
- Give an example of a time you identified and fixed a problem before it became urgent.
- How do you weigh the pros and cons before making a decision?
- When you are faced with a problem, what do you do?
- What online resources do you use to help you do your job?
- How do you keep your technology skills current?
- Which operating software systems are you familiar with?
- How have you incorporated the viewpoints and perspectives of underrepresented groups into your work? Please provide a specific example.
- Describe any awareness, knowledge, or skills you have gained from working with someone of a different background or identity than your own.
- What steps have you taken to reduce bias and champion diversity understanding in your classes (or in your current job)? Please provide a specific example.
- Tell us about a time when you changed your style to work more effectively with a person from a different background.
- What is your approach to dealing with discussions about potentially difficult topics. Please provide a specific example.
- Please describe how you work to create a campus environment that is welcoming and inclusive? Please provide a specific example.
- Describe the most difficult colleague, classmate, student you’ve ever had to deal with at work / class. Why were they challenging? What did you do?
- How do you adapt your working style to meet the different culture and learning styles?
- Tell us about a time when you showed empathy toward another individual or group. Describe the situation, the actions you took, and the outcome.
- What is the “best” team you were a part of? What made this team great to be a part of?
- Describe where you had to provide constructive feedback to someone. What was your approach? What was the outcome?
- In what ways have you encouraged your work team to be more creative and innovative?
- How would your colleagues describe you?
- What are the qualities of a successful team?
- How do you like to be supervised?
- Provide an example of a challenge you faced. How did you address it? And what was the outcome?
- Who is someone that you look up to? Why do you look up to them?
- Describe a time when you faced an unexpected challenge at work.
- Recall a time you successfully used crisis-management skills.
- How do you know when to solve a problem on your own or to ask for help?
- How do you prioritize your work? How do you stay organized?
- Do you consider yourself coachable? Provide an example that demonstrates why.
- Describe a time where you received constructive feedback? What was the feedback and how did you respond?
- What motivates you?
- What is the best piece of advice you received at work? How did you apply this to your work approach?
- What is your greatest failure? Why makes it your “greatest failure”?
- Give me an example of when someone presented an innovative new idea you you that was a bit unusual. How did you react? What did you do?
- Describe a time when you had to solve a problem, but didn’t have all the necessary information about it beforehand. What did you do?
- Tell us about the last presentation you gave.