Have you had to make an oral presentation to other managers? Explain.“It’s important to remember you are interviewing them just as much as they’re interviewing you,” says Stacey Perkins, a career coach at Korn Ferry.How do you typically get cooperation from someone in another department?.What would you describe as an effective staff meeting? Ineffective?.How would you deal with “politics” in a work place?.How do you assess priorities? How do you then assign them?.How far in advance do you typically plan activities for yourself and your employees?.How do you develop trust and loyalty in your employee?.How do you handle a, personnel situation, which might have a, potential legal impact?.What sort of employee training do you think is necessary to offer?.How do you deal with an employee who needs to be disciplined? Explain your strategy.How often do you think it is necessary to meet with your employees?.How do you deal with an “attitude” problem?.How do you help your employees become committed to a job or to the organization?.How do you go about developing the people you manage?.What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action.How do you measure performance in your area?.How do you plan for performance improvements?.When you evaluate someone’s performance verbally, what approach do you take?.How do you evaluate your department’s overall performance?.How do you get your employees involved in their own evaluation?.How often do you evaluate your employees?.What sort of performance standards have you held Employees to? Were they written?.What do you do to ensure objectivity when you evaluate the work of others?.In your experience, what is the key to developing a good team? (Look for how they build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.).Provide an example of a time when you were able to demonstrate excellent listening skills.Provide an example of a time when you successfully organized a diverse group of people to accomplish a task.What improvements did you see in the person's knowledge or skills? Please share with me an example of how you helped coach or mentor someone.How do you describe your management style?.How do you delegate responsibility for an assignment? Who do you choose? What and how do you delegate, and what do you monitor and follow up?.How do you use power or authority to get what you want done?.How do you get your employees (or others) to follow you?.Tell me about a time when you had to prioritize limited resources? How? What worked and what did not?.
What responsibility do you have for budgeting? What budgeting method do you use?.What do you see as the difference in writing strategy for a report vs.How do you keep track of incoming and outgoing correspondence?.When you have to write letters, how do you usually get started?.Share an effective method you have used to enforce rules and regulations.Do you feel that the chain of command is important? Why? When do you feel it might inhibit organizational effectiveness?.How useful have you found written procedures and guidelines in helping you manage your area?.What do you typically do when you hear of a problem in your area? Explain?.
How much leeway do you give your employees to make decisions? How do you still maintain control?.How do you assemble relevant data to make your decisions? How do you know you have enough data?.When you recommend something to management, what approach do you usually use?.Describe your approach to making decisions and solving problems.At which point do you find it necessary to bring others into your decision-making process? Why?.