personality interview questions

8/14/2019 Personality Interview Questions

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The reason behind placing the situational questions first is

we want the candidate to be completely at ease. We dont

want to barge him questions that will make him feel that he

is judged.

SADAF ZAMIR KHAN


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TYPE A

SITUATIONAL QUESTIONS

1. How would you sell a product to a client who already has a product of

your competitor?

2. Given the background of recruitment, how would you manage to hire 10

employees in 2 days time & not to forget the quality of employees also?

3. We have Jim & Tim working in the same department, given the same

target to be achieved in 2 weeks time. Jim starts working as soon as he is

assigned the targets & Tim starts at his convenient time. Jim is constantly

working, doesnt even waste a single hour& reaches his target in ten days

whereas Tim works at his own pace & reaches the same target in 2 weeks.Now according to you who would you reward as a manager & why?

4. You are assigned this weekly target which you are working hard on &

since you are good at your work, your boss gives you a additional

responsibility of training 5 executives. How would you manage?

5. Now given a situation of rewarding employees on achieving the yearly

target, Tom is given 2 options:

A 10day holiday package to DubaiOr

Rs. 40000/- in cash

If you were to be Tom what would you choose & why?

6. You are assigned a team of 8 sales executives. One of them calls you from

the field one day; he is striking a deal with one of the prospective clients 7

this client is asking for an extension of 5 days towards the payment. You are

sitting in the office & you come up with an action plan.


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TYBE B

PERSONAL QUESTIONS

1. What kind of activities do you like to indulge in, in your spare time?

2. What kind of music do you listen to?

3. Who is your mentor in life? What are the qualities you like about him/her?

4. Which instrument does you like you listen to or play if given a chance?

5. What kind of sports do you like to watch?

6. Can you describe yourself on the work & personal front?

7. On the scale of 1 to 10, how much importance would you give your work,

personal life & health?

8. What does success mean to you?

9. Tell me about one of your significant failures in life & what did you learn

from it?


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TYPE C

TEAM PARTICIPANT

1. What do you think is the importance of team in achieving a certain target?

2. You are assigned a monthly target & you have come up with a very

innovative strategy to achieve the target. How would you persuade other

managers to adopt the plan?

3. What do you understand by the term synergy & how is it relevant in

organizations today?

4. High cohesiveness in the group leads to higher productivity. Do you

agree/ disagree to this statement & why?

5. Interpersonal trust is very important in a team. Explain why?

6. Dont teams create conflict most of the time? Why do you still think that

working in a team is beneficial?


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TYPE D

ASSESSMENT SHEET

Qualities of the person Poor Average Good Excellent

1.Ways of dealing with the

competition

2.Decision making process

3.willingness towards taking extra

responsibilities

4. Reactions towards unexpected

situations.5.Importance towards time

You can judge the candidate on the above mentioned qualities through the

situational questions.


1 .Ambition levels

2. Vision & struggle to achieve it.

3. Confidence levels

4. Understanding of owns personality

5. Focus towards

-Work

-Health

-Personal life


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Through the set of personal questions you can understand the

personality of the candidate not only on the professional front but also

personal. You can also analyze whether the candidate is making up answersby comparison of situational & personal questions.


1.Understanding of teams

2.Willingness to work in a team

3.Knowledge of various aspects of

team

4.Reasoning &analytical skills

5. Understanding importance of

team members

Through the set of the team questions we will understand the

candidates knowledge towards team working &whether he is more of a

team member or leader. In this case we are looking for a leader.

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