Position Name: Videographer
Interviewer
Candidate Name
Interview Date
Introductory Questions
– Interviewer(s) share name, role, tenure, and hand business cards for thank you messages – Share a brief overview of the company
– Give Candidate the Job Description, highlight Job Purpose, Schedule/Travel, Major Challenges & Key Decisions, and Physical Requirements
Tell us about yourself.
Walk us through your resume.
Walk us through your professional background.
What type of environment do you thrive in? What type of management style do you enjoy most?
What are your short and long-term professional goals?
What do you know about our organization?
Transitional & Verification Questions
– Clarify any unclear information from resume or application
– Verify availability for work hours and schedule, start date, and other important details
What interests you about this role?
What interests you about working for us?
What accomplishment on your resume are you most proud of?
Are you able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation?
Technical Questions
– Ask job related questions, based on skills and competencies needed for the role
– Ask open ended questions that allow candidates to tell a story about a specific example
– Ask 5-10 questions based on the role and how much time you have (~3-4 minutes per question)
– Listen for recent examples, details, consistency, the candidate’s role in the story, and teamwork
– Take notes and ask clarifying questions as follow-ups
How would you describe your proficiency level in [Excel as an example]?
List your top 3 technical skills.
Can you tell me in general terms how your technical skills meet the requirements of this position? In which specific areas do you need to come up to speed?
What specific areas (related to the position) do you consider yourself the most knowledgeable? What areas have you had less experience or do not feel as comfortable with?
What has given you the greatest sense of achievement at work and why?
Behavioral / Situational Questions
– Ask job related questions, based on skills and competencies needed for the role
– Ask open ended questions that allow candidates to tell a story about a specific example
– Ask 5-10 questions based on the role and how much time you have (~3-4 minutes per question)
– Listen for recent examples, details, consistency, the candidate’s role in the story, and teamwork
– Take notes and ask clarifying questions as follow-ups. Follow up questions may include:
- Tell us more about the action you took and the outcome.
- What did you say at that point?
- How did you react to that situation?
- Explain your role in more detail.
- Tell me in detail what steps you took.
- And what was the result?
- Describe the obstacles you faced in getting it done.
- What other options did you consider?
- Why do you think you reacted as you did?
- How do you think others felt about your actions at the time?
- Were you satisfied with the outcome of your actions?
- If the same or a similar situation presented itself, what would you do differently?
Communication
Describe your most recent conflict within a team setting because of a miscommunication and how you were able to solve it.
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Describe an example of when you have been called upon to present in front of a group. How did you prepare? Was the presentation a success? How could you tell?
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Tell me about a recent time when an e-mail or verbal conversation was misinterpreted by your team or employees. What was the situation and the outcome?
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Give me an example of a time when circumstances changed the way you needed to communicate to others. What did you do and how did you do it?
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To get our points across, we sometimes need to use differing approaches when talking with different types of people. Talk to me about a time when you have done that successfully.
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Tell me about a time when you had to give instructions to another person who was having difficulty understanding. What did you do?
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Do you tend to take an observer/listener role or be an active participant in meetings? Tell me about a time when your preferred style worked well and a time when it didn’t.
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Conflict Management
Please give me an example of how you’ve rallied others to act on ideas that they did not understand or agree with. How did you deal with pushback or resistance? How did you accomplish the goal?
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Tell me about a difficulty you encountered in working with another department. What did you do to improve the situation?
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Give me an example of a time when you confronted a negative attitude successfully.
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Tell me about a situation when you had to “stand up” for a decision you made even though it made you unpopular.
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Tell me about a time when you successfully challenged another’s idea.
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Describe a time when you communicated something unpleasant or difficult to your manager. How did you assert yourself?
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Creativity/Innovation
Give me an example of how you came up with a unique and novel solution to a problem.
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Tell me about a project or process that you personally designed. How did you get feedback and how did you apply it?
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What is the most innovative thing you have done in the last six months? Why did you go this direction? What was the driving business need?
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Critical Thinking
Tell me about a recent situation when you were given job instructions and you were unable to comprehend the instructions. How did you go about completing the task?
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When a decision is needed, what process do you use to come to the right response?
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Describe for me a recent time when you needed to make a job-related decision but did not have all of the information you needed. How did you go about completing the task?
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Decision Making
Describe a decision you had to make when you were really torn between the alternatives. How did you finally decide? What was the outcome?
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Tell me about a time when you had to make a decision that impacted multiple people. How did you communicate that decision and how was it received?
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At times, we may need to interact with a peer who struggles making decisions. Give me an example of a time when this has happened and how you approached it.
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Tell me about a time when you delayed a decision to have more time to think.
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Emotional Intelligence
Describe a time when you needed to react to an emergency situation. How did you respond? What was the result?
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What has been the most difficult criticism for you to receive?
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Facilitation/Presentation
What types of meetings do you lead? Do you have a preferred format?
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In a meeting, how do you get each person to participate? Give me an example of when that went well/didn’t go well.
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In which settings are you most comfortable presenting? How do your style and comfort vary for large group versus small group presentations?
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Innovation
Describe a problem you or a customer was facing at work where you designed an effective solution.
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Tell us about a team project you were on where, together, the group solved a complex problem with a unique or innovative solution. What role did you play on the team?
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Describe a process or system you knew could be better. How did you design and get approval to make improvements?
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Initiative
Tell me about a time when you had to particularly resourceful in meeting a challenge or completing a project?
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Tell us about a time that you went above and beyond the call of duty.
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What types of work projects get you really excited? We all “geek out” about different things. What do you geek out about?
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Integrity
Tell me about a time you were new to a company or work group. What steps did you take to build trust with coworkers and/or staff?
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Have you ever made a career decision based on ethics or values? What was that decision?
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Learning Agility
Describe a time when you needed to analyze facts quickly, define key issues, or develop a plan that produced good results.
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Describe a time when you anticipated potential problems and developed preventive measures.
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Describe a time when you overcame a major obstacle.
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Performance Management
Tell us about a time that you personally received performance feedback that you did not expect to hear.
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Share an example of how you have motivated people to higher performance who did not report to you directly.
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Planning & Organization
What tools do you use to plan your day? How do these help you determine priorities? How do you keep others informed?
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How do you manage a project? What are the various elements used?
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How do you assure that you do not get so caught up in “task” that you lose the big picture?
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Describe a situation that didn’t go as planned. What would you have done differently?
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Problem Solving
Have you ever had to fix a problem twice? Describe the situation.
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Tell me about a time when you had to problem solve with a group. What role did you play and what was the outcome?
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Tell me about a time when you encountered a problem and your supervisor was not available to help you. How did you handle the problem?
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Tell me about a problem that needed fixing where you weren’t sure how to approach it.
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Process Management
What process have you developed and/or initiated in your recent position?
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Do you believe there are times it may be appropriate to disregard a process? If so, when?
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Project Management
Describe the procedures you have used to communicate project changes and progress and a specific project where that worked well for you/not so well for you.
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Tell me about the steps you have taken to get a project back on track when it was at risk of not being completed on time. Give me a specific example.
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What is the scope of the projects you have managed? Pick one and briefly describe the process and end result? What was something unanticipated that occurred?
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Quality
What methods or techniques do you use to monitor the quality of your work? Give me an example of when using these methods enabled you to correct a problem or error that otherwise would not have been identified.
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Tell me about a time when you were given constructive feedback. How did you use it to improve your quality of work?
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Relationship Building
How does one go about building rapport quickly and maintaining successful business relationships? Give examples of how you made these work for you.
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Tell us about a customer relationship that was challenging to establish and maintain. How did you resolve the situation?
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Tell us about a time when you built rapport quickly with someone under difficult conditions.
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Self Awareness & Development
Tell me about a time that you took advantage of the professional development opportunities at work. How did these resources help you progress in your career?
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How do you measure your own success?
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Tell me about a recent time when your job knowledge helped save the day.
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What have you done in the last year to upgrade or improve your skills?
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What are your strengths? Opportunities for improvement?
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Strategic Thinking
How do you use data in your strategic planning?
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What sources of information do you typically use in reaching a decision at work?
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What do you see as the three most significant issues facing our industry in the future? What do you recommend we do to ready ourselves for these issues?
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How have you influenced the need for change among the organization’s business systems?
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Talk about a time you were implementing a strategy and had to revise it or change direction.
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Teamwork/Team Building
Tell me about a time you worked on a project with a team that resulted in a successful outcome, what contributed to the success of the project?
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When it comes to group dynamics, what do you believe hinders teamwork the most?
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What role do you enjoy playing when working on a team?
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What do you believe makes a team successful?
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How would you describe a successful team? What is the #1 thing that makes a team truly thrive?
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Describe your most recent conflict within a team setting because of a miscommunication and how you were able to solve it.
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Tell us about a time when someone wasn’t pulling their weight on a team. What was the situation and how did you manage through it?
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Do you prefer to work by yourself or with a team? Which is more interesting to you and why?
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Time Management
Talk about a time you were overloaded.
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What time management tools do you use?
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How do you structure your day? Your week?
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Candidate’s Questions
– Be sure to leave time for their questions, generally 1-3
– Paint a positive but honest view of the pros and cons of the work and culture
Notes
Closing Questions
– Describe where you are in the process, next steps, and when they can expect to hear back
– Ask if they have any final remarks
What is one thing I should know about you that I haven’t asked?
What do you hope to find in our organization that you don’t have now?
What is the best thing a previous employer did that you wish everyone did?
Interviewer Assessment
Enter your overall assessment about the candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and fit for this position.
Would you recommend this candidate advance in the process?