Behavioral interview questions

Here you will find a list of some of the more commonly used behavioral interview questions used by me and other interviewers.

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Behavioral question list



  • Describe how you convinced a senior colleague to change their point of view

  • Tell me about how you handle stressful situations

  • Give me a specific example of when you influenced a group in order to undertake something of your choosing

  • Tell me how you set goals for yourself

  • Give me an example of real personal achievement in your career
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  • Give me an example of how you made a difficult trade-off

  • Tell me what you have learned from your failures

  • Tell me about how you dealt with making a decision in the absence of complete information

  • Give me an example of how you resolved conflict between two other parties

  • Tell me about the habits which others find most annoying about you

  • Give me an example of when you were critical to the eventual success of a project

  • Give me an example of a challenging goal you set for yourself (i.e., not given you in your course of work)
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  • Tell me about your approach to delegation

  • Tell me about a time when you were forced to make an unpopular decision

  • Tell me how you work with a friend differently than you work with a colleague

  • Tell me which of your personal characteristics you would most like to change

  • Tell me what kinds of people you find most difficult to work alongside

  • Tell me what you did when you or a group you were involved with were in danger of missing a deadline

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  • Tell me which of your accomplishments you are most proud of

  • Tell me about a situation where you had to become deeply knowledgeable about a subject new to you

  • Tell me how you approached solving a difficult and complex problem

  • Tell me how you develop people’s skills and abilities

  • Tell me about how you got others to solve a difficult and complex problem

  • Tell me how you trade off prioritization versus perseverance

  • Describe a situation where the majority of your team disagreed with your point of view

  • Tell me about your decision-making process

  • Give me an example of when you had to encourage people to allow you to go beyond their original requests to be successful
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