Tell me about a time when you not only met a goal, but exceeded expectations.
How were you able to do it? What challenges did you have to overcome?
Category: Deliver Results
Focus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, they rise to the occasion and never settle.
Give me an example of a time when you were able to deliver an important project under a tight deadline.
What sacrifices did you have to make to meet the deadline? How they impact the final deliverable? What was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you had significant, unanticipated obstacles to overcome in achieving a key goal.
What was the obstacle? Were you eventually successful? Knowing what you know now, is there anything you would have done differently?
Tell me about a time when you or your team were more than halfway to meeting a goal when you realized it might not be the right goal or may have unintended consequences.
What was the situation? What did you do? What was the outcome? Looking back, would you have done anything differently.
Give me an example of a mission or goal you did not think was achievable.
What was it and how did you help your team try and achieve it? Were you successful in the end? Looking back, would you have done anything differently?
Tell me about a time when you dd not effectively manage your projects and something was not completed on time.
What was the impact? What approaches do you use to make sure you are focusing on the right deliverables when you have several competing priorities?
It can be difficult to set goals for a team that are challenging, yet achievable.
Tell me about a time when you had the right balance. How did you approach the goals? What was the outcome?