Behavioural Based Interview Questions:

1. What opportunities have you seized till yet? Explain.

2. Can you share any moment which makes you feel proud of yourself?
3. Can you share any moment which makes your family proud of you?
4. Did you come across a stressful situation? How did you handle it?
5. Can you share any achievement? How you achieved it?
6. Share a situation where you show cased leadership skills?
7. Tell me about a time when you handled a challenging situation. What was the outcome?
8. Tell me about a time when you made a mistake and how you handled it?
9. Tell me about a time when you made an unpopular decision that had to be executed by your
team. What was the result?
10. Tell me about a time when you were in direct conflict with a peer and how was it resolved?
11. Talk about a time when you had to work closely with someone whose personality was very
different from yours.
12. Describe a time when you struggled to build a relationship with someone important. How
did you eventually overcome that?
13. Tell me about a time you needed to get information from someone who wasn’t very
responsive. What did you do?
14. We all make mistakes we wish we could take back. Tell me about a time you wish you had
handled a situation differently with a friend /colleague.
15. Give me an example of a time when you did not meet a team members’ expectation. What
happened, and how did you attempt to rectify the situation?
16. Tell me about a time when you made sure a customer was pleased with your service.
17. Tell me about a time you were under a lot of pressure. What was going on, and how did you
get through it?
18. Describe a time when your team or company was undergoing some change. How did that
impact you, and how did you adapt?
19. Give me an example of a time when you had to think on your feet in order to delicately
extricate yourself from a difficult or awkward situation.
20. Tell me about a time you had to be very strategic in order to meet all your top priorities.
21. Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along
in a timely manner?
22. Sometimes it’s just not possible to get everything on your to-do list done. Tell me about a
time your responsibilities got a little overwhelming. What did you do?
23. Tell me about a time you set a goal for yourself. How did you go about ensuring that you
would meet your objective?
24. Give me an example of a time you managed numerous responsibilities. How did you handle
that?
25. Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully persuade someone to see
things your way at work.
26. Tell me about a successful presentation you gave and why you think it was a hit?
27. Tell me about your proudest professional accomplishment.
28. Describe a time when you saw some problem and took the initiative to correct it rather than
waiting for someone else to do it.
29. Tell me about a time when you worked under close supervision or extremely loose
supervision. How did you handle that?
30. Give me an example of a time you were able to be creative with your work. What was
exciting or difficult about it?
31. Tell me about a time you were dissatisfied in your work. What could have been done to
make it better?
32. Give an example of an occasion when you used logic to solve a problem.
33. Did you ever make a risky decision? Why? How did you handle it?
34. Give an example of a goal you reached and tell me how you achieved it.
35. Given an example of a goal you didn’t meet and how you handled it.
36. When you worked on multiple projects, how did you prioritize?
37. How did you handle meeting a tight deadline?
38. Have you handled a difficult situation with a faculty / project lead / supervisor? How?
39. Have you handled a difficult situation with a client or vendor? How?
40. Did you ever postpone making a decision? Why?
41. Did you ever not meet your goals? Why?
42. Do you listen? Give an example of when you did or when you didn’t listen.
43. Tell me about a time where you felt defeated; e.g., your project was falling apart, you were
unable to meet timeline, your idea was dismissed, etc. How did you respond to the
adversity?
44. Describe a time when you were asked to perform a task or spearhead an initiative that went
against your values. What did you do? What was the outcome?
45. Think about the most exciting and energizing aspect of your current or most recent position.
What did you specifically enjoy about it? Why?
46. Think back to one of the most energy-depleting periods in your current or most recent
position. What was going on? How did you respond to it? What was the outcome?
47. Tell me about a time when you had too much to do, but not enough resources. How did you
handle the pressure, overcome the deficit and/or achieve goals?
48. Tell me about a time when you went the extra mile when it would have been just as
acceptable to perform the bare minimum. Why did you exert the effort? What was the
outcome?
49. Describe a situation where you and a colleague whom you relied upon for support (e.g., to
complete a project) were in conflict. How did you address the situation?
50. Tell me about a time when you had to convince another staff member or leader, whom you
had no direct authority over, to buy into a new idea or project? How did you accomplish
this?