Identify Behavioral Interview Questions
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Recognizing Behavioral Interview Questions
In this lesson, we'll look at some common patterns that can help you spot a behavioral
question!
We'll cover the following
• Spotting a behavioral question
• Small talk
Spotting a behavioral question #
How will you recognize behavioral questions? Behavioral interview
questions will be asked in a few different ways, but they are all intended
to prompt you into describing your behavior. Listen for the following
openings:
Tell me about a time when…
Can you share a situation when…
What do you do when…
Give me an example of…
Describe a…
When you hear any of these openings, you’ll know what kind of response
the interviewer is looking for.
Common hangups
Behavioral questions can
sometimes include additional
words that cause interviewees to
hesitate. Some such words are:
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“Greatest”, “proudest”, “worst”,
“best”, “biggest”, “most
significant”, “fastest”
These descriptive words could cause a candidate to pause and think back,
“was this example really the worst, best, or biggest?” Instead of panicking,
listen past these descriptors and make sure that you hear what the
interviewer actually wants. Once you understand the question, respond
with an applicable, practiced answer. If the situation you choose isn’t the
“biggest” or the “worst”, you can introduce your answer by saying
something like; “this failure wasn’t the biggest in terms of loss of business,
but it had a significant impact on me because it revealed a blind spot.”
Small talk #
Your interviewer may begin or end your interview with questions to put
you at ease as a way to get to know you more naturally. These questions
may come up when you’re walking from one interviewer to another or
waiting for another participant to join a video conference. Such questions
aren’t meant to trick you, but they do contribute to an interviewer’s
overall impression of you. They may be looking for something that you
have in common, something that makes you stand out, or just a way to get
you off-script.
Be ready with genuine answers to questions like these:
What do you like to do in your free time?
What book are you reading right now?
Seen any good movies lately?
Are you a sports fan?
Do you have any exciting trips planned?
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Now that you know how to spot a behavioral question, let’s go over three
different types of behavioral questions in the upcoming lessons!
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