Every interviewer will ask standard boiler plate question -- If you have specific type of scenario, how do you handle it? For example, if you have difficult project that missed deadline, how do you handle it. If one person asks these kind of questions, that's okay. Five people, one after other, asked similar kind of hypothetical questions, non-stop.
The shady part is that they would ask for a written assignment - with THREE separate 250-word or less responses, then add the answers from other interviewee respondents to a spreadsheet, and have you - the current interviewer, build on what's missing. She even told me that I had so many good ideas, to be as detailed as possible when responding as if I am actually in the role. Now I feel she just wanted the ideas to use internally. Fortunately, I did not mention the data science work I do as I figured it would be valuable to write protocols and solutions to simply existing knowledge within the organization. They provided documentation prior to the interview and the due date for the written assignment. They asked to be detailed and specific and warned that it was written to be intentionally challenging. The 3 written assignment questions are: (1) Securing New Sponsorships: Draft a letter to share a few key benefits of this work, then offer to set up a time to discuss this further. (2) Assessing Member Priorities: What are 3-4 themes that have emerged as priorities from our members as we embark on this new work area? What additional questions might you ask? (A spreadsheet with Interviewee responses. There were 24 numbered when I received it. (3) Work Planning: Select any deliverables from the list of deliverables in the Business Plan and imagine taking a first pass at coming up with steps to make it happen.
Didn't get a question that I never saw before.
Would you say you are more a person who asks permission or asks forgiveness?
How long have you been managing multiple projects?
Background and professional expertise
Ideas about making the team more successful
Most unexpected: Would you consider a different position that isn't individual contributor?
What did or were the restrictions that your doctor put upon your work? This was included in the Second Round of Interviews which included several of my colleagues because I had broken my left ankle while out running to get exercise because my previous employer- the Defense Intelligence Agency required or encouraged its employees to get exercise by setting aside 2.5 hours of work time that one could get - that is the Defense Intelligence Agency - exercise!
Asked about how I handled a difficult situation
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