We’ve all had occasions when we were working on something that just “slipped through the cracks ”. Can you give me some examples of when this happened to you? Explain the Cause and Result.
This job requires much time working alone. Tell me about a job or project where you worked unsupervised and were given only general guidelines for job/project completion.
Describe the highest pressure situations you have been under recently. How did you cope with them?
Describe the last time a person at work (customer, co-worker, boss) became irritated or lost his/her temper. What did they do? How did you respond? What was the outcome?
Tell me about some situations in which you became frustrated or impatient when dealing with (customers, co-workers, boss). What did you do?
Give me an example of when your ideas were strongly opposed by a co-worker or supervisor. What was the situation? What was your reaction? What was the result?
Describe a typical day, a typical week.
Bosses sometimes are not satisfied with the way we do certain things or complete certain projects. Can you give me some examples of when this happened to you?
Everyone has to bend or break the rules sometime. Can you give me some examples of when you had to do this?
From time to time, all of us are confronted by someone who wastes our time at work. Tell me about some situations like that. What did you do?