SEO-V 2014 Recruitment

Sample Interview Questions

Teamwork
1. What is your proudest achievement and why? (If they answer a project, count as
leadership/teamwork. However, their answer might answer Contribution/Community
Service too)
2. What is your leadership style?
3. Tell me a time (TMAT) you worked in a team and contributed to common goal. What was
your role?
4. TMAT you led a team? Outcome/achievement?
5. TMAT you successfully persuaded somebody?
6. TMAT you made a point of taking on board different opinions, or tried to persuade people
into your way of thinking?
7. TMAT you kept your cool when dealing with a difficult customer/client?
8. TMAT you had a team conflict - what problem? How did you resolve it? Result?
9. TMAT you received constructive feedback and how did you change yourself accordingly?
10. TMAT you worked with people with different working styles?
11. TMAT you had to adapt your style to adapt to your partners?

Perseverance/Drive/Work Ethics/Get To Know Candidate
1. TMAT you worked under pressure?
2. TMAT you have handled lots of different pieces of work and deadline at the same time?
How did you manage? Results?
3. TMAT you juggled different priorities to meet an important deadline?
4. TMAT you adapt or change your project/plan as a result of a significant change?
5. TMAT you overcame an obstacle at work. What was it? Result?
6. TMAT you had to adapt to changes at work/ studies?
7. TMAT you tried things out of your comfort zone?
8. TMAT you improved a task at work or delivered an innovative/creative idea?
9. TMAT you were most under pressure personally, how did you deal with it?
10. TMAT you had took up challenge to push your own limits?
11. TMAT you failed to achieve your goal?
12. TMAT you had to work towards a deadline and the works parameters has changed? (ie.
you have been asked to deliver something slightly different) - Challenging question

Value alignment
1. Have you ever went out of your way and do something positive to others?
2. Tell me about your proudest achievement? (note might suit teamwork/leadership)
3. TMAT you managed to achieve a long term/ personal goal?
4. Tell me about one of your failures?
5. How do you structure your university life to balance your personal life?
6. Tell us about one of the difficult situations you have been in, how did you overcome it?
7. What have you done to give back?