List of potential behavioral interview questions. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and serves as a cheat sheet to help candidates prepare for the interview.
- Describe a project that you are particularly proud of. How did it impact your company? What challenges did you encounter and how did you solve them?
- Describe a project that you worked on, that led to your professional development.
- Tell me about a time when you set a goal and met your objectives.
- Tell me about a time you exceeded expectations.
- Tell me about a time when you were asked to do something you had never done before. How did you react? What did you learn?
- Recall a time when you were assigned a task outside of your job description. How did you handle the situation? What was the outcome?
- Tell me about the biggest change that you have had to deal with. How did you adapt to that change?
- Describe a time when you worked well as part of a team.
- Can you tell me about a time when a team project you worked on failed? What happened, and what steps did you take to move forward?
- Tell me about your most challenging teamwork experience. How did that make you a better team player moving forward?
- What is the most significant impact of your work inside a team
- Tell me about a time when you had to give a team member constructive criticism. How did you go about giving it?
- Give me an example of a time when you had to explain something complex to a client or colleague. What did you do?
- Tell me about a time when you were communicating with someone and they did not understand you. What did you do?
- Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with your manager.
- Tell me about a time when you received negative feedback from your manager. How did you respond?
- Describe a situation where you had to make an unpopular decision. How did you go about communicating it to your team?
- Give me an example where you’ve had to work with someone who you didn’t get along with. How did you approach and resolve the situation?
- Describe a time when you received criticism and how you handled it
- Tell me about a time when you had a project or idea rejected? What happened and how did you react?
- Tell me about a time you solved a pain point for customers.
- Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a very difficult customer.
- Tell me about a time you went above and beyond what was expected to please a customer?
- Give me an example where you did not meet a client’s expectations. What happened and how did you attempt to fix the situation?
- Tell me about a time when you had to juggle several projects at the same time. How did you organize your time? What was the result?
- Tell me about a time you had to make a decision to make short-term sacrifices for long-term gains.
- Describe a time when you had to make an immediate decision on a critical issue without having time to refer to a manager/supervisor.
- Tell me about a time you had to make a decision under pressure to meet a deadline.
- What is the most difficult decision you ever took in software?
- Tell me about the last time something significant didn’t go according to plan at work. What was your role? What was the outcome?
- Tell me about a time you made a mistake at work, what happened?
- Tell me about a time you failed. How did you deal with the situation?
- Tell me about a time when you had to leave a task unfinished.
- Tell me about a time when you took the lead on a difficult project.
- Give me an example of a time when you felt you led by example. What did you do and how did others react?
- Tell me about a time you had to “sell” an idea to your coworkers or group. How did you do it? What were the results?
- Tell me about a time when you had to lead a project and your other team members weren’t contributing as you had envisaged. How did you tackle the situation?
- Tell me about a time where you came up with a simple solution to a complex problem.
- Tell me about a time where you offered an innovative solution to improve productivity.
- Tell me about a time when you had to analyse information to solve a problem. How did you go about doing it, and what was the result?
- Describe a project that you worked on where you had to take steps to solve a problem. What was the problem and what was the logic you applied to solve it?
- Tell me about a time you recovered from a difficult situation
- Tell me about the most complex project you've worked on.
- Tell me about a time when you had a problem and you had to go through several hoops to discover the root cause.
- What is the best invention or idea you had in the past two years?
- Tell me about a time when you had to choose between technologies for a project.