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Behavioral Interviews
Behavioral interviewing is a style of interviewing that more and more organizations are using in their hiring process. The basic premise is this: The most accurate predictor of future performance is past performance in a similar situation. Employers decide which skills are necessary for the job for which they are hiring and then ask pointed questions to determine if the candidate possesses these skills.
Tips for Behavioral Interview Questions
- Listen to the question carefully.
- Use specific, detailed examples to answer questions. Examples of past internships, classes, activities, team involvements, community service, work experience, and personal achievements are good choices.
- Use examples from college, not high school.
- Use the STAR method to organize your answer into three parts: S ituation/Task Action Result.
- Talk about situations and experiences that had a positive result.
- Have a mock interview with a counselor in career services.
Examples of behavioral questions:
- By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations, and
environments.
- Give an example of a time in which you had to be relatively quick in coming to a decision.
- Tell me about a time when you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get a job done.
- Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully communicate with another person even when that individual may not have personally liked you (or vice versa).
- Describe a creative/innovative idea that you produced which led to a significant contribution to the success of an activity or project.
- Tell me about a time when you had to lead others to follow a course of action. Why was this necessary? How did you do it? What was the result?
- Have you ever had the responsibility of persuading someone to do something he/she did not want to do? What was the situation? What did you say? What was the result?
- Describe a face-to-face meeting you had in which you had to lead or influence a very important individual. What was the situation? What did you say? What was the result?
- What was your least favorite job? Why was it your least favorite?
- Think of a time when your course load was heavier than usual. What was the situation? How did you get all of your work done?
- Give me an example of how you manage your time. What factors do you consider? How do you track your progress?
- Tell me about the toughest group you had to work with. What made the group tough? What did you do?
- What was the most difficult task you had to learn on your job at __________? How did you go about learning it?
- Can you give me an example of a time when you were able to identify and fix a small problem before it became big?
- Tell me about an important goal you set for yourself and how you accomplished it.
- Give me an example of a time when you experienced failure.
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