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Tell me the steps you take to monitor the quality of your work in your current job.
Tell me about a time when you used economic environment data to support a successful project.
Tell me about a time when you used industry data to support a project.
Have you ever had to persuade an executive (or other superior) to accept a proposal or idea? How did you go about doing it? What was the result, and how did you feel about it?
Describe a manufacturing issue you encountered. What design or process changes did you make to address it?
Describe a design that you helped develop to provide a high degree of manufacturability. How did it work and what was your measure of success? What was your scrap rate?
What experience have you had with manufacturing processes? What process are you most familiar with, and what has been your specific role in that process?
Describe a time when you had to make a very important and difficult decision that affected everyone in your department.
Describe a time when you collected, interpreted and analyzed information from a variety of sources in order to make a decision or provide a recommendation. What was the situation? Describe the various steps you took and how the led to the result you arrived at.
Describe a time when the data or information you were working with had gaps or provided an incomplete picture. How did you identify the gaps? Describe how you proceeded and what the eventual outcome was.
Describe a project or situation that required you to push your analytic thinking abilities.
Please explain to me a time you took a large software problem and broke it down into small pieces. Walk me through your thought process.
Describe your ideal tech stack.
Describe your experience working in an Agile environment.
Tell me your experience in Object Oriented Programming. Describe a recent project in which Object Oriented Programming was integral to your work.
Tell me about how you apply OOP to JavaScript. Give an example of a project where this was important.
How would you select the right development approach or architecture for a software project?
Talk about the pros and cons of front-end frameworks. Tell me about your favorite framework. Why do you prefer it and how does it compare to your least favorite framework?
Tell me about your experience and level of knowledge of JavaScript framework experience (MVC, MVP, MVVM)? Give an example of a recent project where you used a front-end framework.
Tell me about the front-end framework you are most familiar with. Please describe the structure of that framework, how it works generally, and talk about a recent project in which you used this framework.
How do you keep up with the latest standards in JavaScript and what resources do you use? What have you found to be really interesting from the past year?
What is the difference between == and ===? In what circumstance would you use ==?
Tell me about a time you had to debug a JavaScript issue. What steps did you take to resolve the issue?
How do you approach maintainability when developing a web app?
For developing an eCommerce application targeted at both mobile and PC browsers, what would be your choice for frontend and back end technologies and why?
Tell me about the major features of the web application that you last worked on. What was the application used for and who were the customers?
For a given application, how do you identify opportunities for automated testing? Which portion of the testing should remain in manual mode?
How would you test a React app?
How do you determine if you've written enough tests? Talk about the difference between integration, functional, and unit testing, and give examples of when you would use each.
If a major issue is reported with a feature that rolled out recently, how would you roll this back? How would this affect the overall DevOps process?
Give a specific example of a decision you made that was not effective. Why do you think it was not effective, and what did you do when this realization was made?
What are some of the most important steps you've used in making business-related decisions? Can you provide a specific example where you've employed those steps.
Talk about the difference between NoSQL and a relational database. Describe a scenario in which you would use NoSQL. Describe a scenario in which you would use a relational database.
Talk about a time you had database performance issues. How did you address them? What are some general strategies for improving database performance?
Tell me about a significant project that you completed on your own, without input from your manager or boss. What did you do when you faced difficult decisions?
'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' Teams can accomplish big things together, but sometime you need to move fast. Tell me about a time when you chose to go alone in order to move quickly. What were you able to accomplish? What would you do differently next time?
Describe a challenging decision that you had to make without any help or guidance from others. How do you go about making the decision? Why were you unable to seek help?
Give me an example of a time you managed numerous responsibilities. How did you handle that?
Describe a time when you had to lead a group of peers? How did you handle it? Tell me about problems you had and how you addressed them.
Tell me about a time that you pulled your team together and raised morale through a transition or difficult time. Walk me through the process.
Tell me about a time you needed to set goals for your team. How did you get people on board with these goals?
Give me an example of how you have motivated your employees.
Tell me about a time you lead a cross-functional team. What challenges did you face?
Give me an example of a successful cross-functional project that you led.
Tell me about a cross-functional project that wasn't going well. What did you do to turn the project around?
Tell me about a time when you organized, managed and motivated others on a complex project from beginning to end.
Give me an example of how you have worked with your team to create a definition of the scope.
Tell me about a time you took a piece of software from idea to release with a development team. How far out did you plan and how did Agile benefit the process?
Please provide an example of how you used Agile in a recent project. Was it successful? Is there anything you would do differently?
Please share an example of a best and worst case scenario you have encountered in the hiring process. What did you learn from each example?
What social and soft skills do you typically look for when hiring software developers and why?
Tell me about a time you designed the architecture for a large software project.
Tell me about a time you designed a piece of software architecture from scratch. Talk about at least one of the obstacles you faced getting it off the ground and how you overcame it.
A client is explaining an idea that has the potential to grow in the future, but has low budget right now. What would you do to clearly communicate how changing circumstance may change the scope or cost of the project?
Describe a time you used your communications skills to negotiate with an angry person.
Describe a situation where you negotiated a resolution that was in everyone's best interest. What was the situation?
Tell me about a situation where you used asymmetric information to successfully negotiate a deal.
Give an example of when you used analytical techniques to design solutions to solve problems.
Tell me about an assignment where you had to amass a huge amount of data, and then analyze it.
How do you decide which tools are appropriate for different types of communication?
Tell me about a time what you received a very challenging email. How did you choose to resolve it?
Describe the most successful earned lead gen program you've led.
Tell me about your typical approach to lead generation. Give me an example of a time your strategy was successful and a time it was not, and talk about what you learned from each scenario.
Recount a time when you accommodated someone beyond your comfort level, though you didn't have to.
Describe the most significant risk you've personally taken in your career.
Tell me about a time that you took a significant risk that paid off for your team or company.
How do you resolve conflicts between team members? Tell me about a particularly intense conflict you have dealt with. How did you resolve it and what you learned from that experience?
Give an example of a few goals you set for a previous team. What did you measure or track? How did you align with company goals as well as with peer managers?
Please describe at least 2 methods you would use, or have used, to prevent burnout of employees. Talk about why you believe these to be helpful, and how you could possibly incorporate them into this organization.
Give me an example of 2-3 interview questions you commonly use for all candidates and explain why you use them.
If LinkedIn Recruiter is not giving you what you want, how do you input keywords? Other than LinkedIn recruiter, what sources do you use to connect with candidates?
Tell me about the most creative way you've sourced a candidate.
When sourcing for a niche role you�ve never encountered before, what steps do you take to try and understand the role? How do you decide what to look for? How do you partner with the Hiring Manager to ensure you�re on the right track for sourcing great candidates?
Tell me about a time when you found a candidate 'red flag' through interview questions. What did you do?
Please walk me through how you go about screening a candidate. What are the things you look for? What are some red flags?
What are some tools or strategies you have used to attract or source a diverse candidate pool?
How do you work to ensure a diverse workplace? What role should TA play in DE&I?
How do you prioritize which candidates should move forward to the next step of speaking with a hiring manager, especially if they already have limited time to speak with candidates?
Which ATS systems have you used and what is your proficiency for each? Which do you prefer and why?
How do you work to remove bias from your recruiting process?
How do you determine if what is on a candidate's resume is accurate?
Tell me about a memorable experience when you needed to motivate your team. What was the situation? How did you energize your team?
Suppose a timeline has not gone according to plan. What steps would you take to get it back on track?
At what point in planning your timeline do you take resources into consideration? How do you determine these resources?
Tell me about a project you've managed in the past in which you had to manage changing timelines.
What coaching or mentoring experience have you had? With groups or one-on-one? How did you determine the appropriate way to coach or mentor, and what were the results?
As a leader, one of your jobs is to provide direction and guidance for people. Recall a situation where you accomplished this in the past.
Give me an example of a time when you helped someone perform a task that you understood better. How did you approach the situation and what was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you coached a coworker to help them improve their skills orjob performance.
Tell me about a time you helped a team member to enhance their work skills. Describe the situation, how you were placed in the position to help them, and talk about the outcome.
How do you work with your coordination team to ensure interview schedules run smoothly? How do you troubleshoot with the coordination team if there are hiccups?
Every project wants to fall behind schedule. How do you determine when you have reached the 'point of no return' for being on time? What have you done in the past to recover?
Tell me about a difficult onsite interview schedule you've had to arrange. How was it resolved?
Tell me about a product launch that you feel went very well and one that you did not think went well.
Walk me through the launch of a product that you are proud of and in which you had a central role. Tell me about your specific role and why it was integral.
Tell me about a time when you were asked to provide input into a product roadmap. What did you do and what impact did it have on the overall marketing of the product?
Give me an example of a time you had to work with a set-in-stone product launch date. What issues did you face and how did you work to address them?
Tell me about a time that you created the go-to-market strategy for a product. Share your preferred approach.
Tell me about a time you defined the go-to-market strategy for a new product feature. How did you work cross-functionally to build this strategy?
What is product strategy to you? What is your preferred mix of execution vs. strategy in your day-to-day role?
When you have an idea, how do you evaluate whether or not the initiative is worth pursuing? What are the questions you want answered before you decide to move forward? Tell me about a time you decided not to go forward with an idea after evaluating it.
Tell me about a product strategy you developed or improved upon. How did competitors or the market influence your strategy?
How would you build a product for people who are looking for an apartment?
How do you communicate the product roadmap across the company in order to get buy in?
Walk me through the process of your last project, from ideation to launch.
How would you develop an app that you want to build quickly for iOS and Android simultaneously?
How do you come up with your ideas for product development? How do you decide which features to prioritize over your planning period? How you determine which ideas to use from the larger cross-functional team, and how do you weight those with your own ideas?
Tell us about a product roadmap you developed or improved upon. How early did you start developing your roadmap and why? How did you go about drafting it?
Tell me about a time you had to adjust your team's roadmap. Why and how did you make those changes? How did you evaluate those trade-offs?
Tell me about your experience working with a board of directors. What approach and philosophy did you follow in working with boards?
Talk about your relationship with your highest priority stakeholder. How do you work with them to ensure the success of your product?
Tell me about a time your stakeholders were not aligned. How did you help drive alignment?
Tell me about a time you had a stakeholder or several stakeholders not agree with a decision of yours. How did you proceed with the project?
Describe a time you needed users to talk about pain points versus features they want. How did you determine this need and how did you steer the conversation that direction?
Tell me about a time when you had two different data points telling you two different things. How did you manage the opinions coming from the different data sets?
How have you previously addressed accessibility accommodations in user research?
What does systems thinking mean to you? Give an example of a time you applied it to your project.
Describe a time you designed for a native mobile platform. Talk about the difference between designing for a native vs. non-native platform. What are the pros and cons of each?
On your most recent project, how did you determine the most logical user flow for people to go through?
How would you go about leveraging your wireframes to bring your high level ideas to a more refined and finished product?
What do you believe makes a good interaction design? Give an example of something you designed that you are proud of and explain why.
In your most recent UI project, what did you consider to be the most important attributes? How did you incorporate those to make a good user interface?
What are some easy, yet, essential basics that you use to clean up images?
What do you think makes engaging photos? What are some of your common techniques for making your photos interesting?
What kind of photography do you have experience in? What are your favorite things to shoot and why? Share examples from your portfolio.
Tell me about the software you used for your most recent video editing project.
How would you describe your editing style? How do you balance your editing style with the specific requests of your customers?
Tell me about a time the lighting conditions and sources were beyond your control. What did you do to create the image you wanted?
Tell me about a time you used natural light. What factors did you consider and how did you work to create the best outcome?
Tell me about your experience lighting scenes. What factors do you consider and what is your ultimate goal?
Tell me about the software you typically use for photo editing. What are your strengths and weaknesses in this software?
Tell me about a time you produced a video or project from start to finish. What were some of your biggest responsibilities? What did you find to be most rewarding and most challenging?
What kind of videography have you done in the past? Give an example of an early project that you did and talk about what you would change if you could go back and redo it, knowing what you do now.
Talk about your video editing style. How do you integrate your style into what your clients want?
Talk about a time that you needed to collaborate with a group of people to tell a specific story. What was your role and how did you contribute to the creative process?
Tell me about a time you had to adjust a photoshoot in order to get your ideal outcome. How did you determine what to adjust and what was the outcome?
When shooting a video, what are the most important steps you take in order to ensure a quality product for a client? Give an example of a recent project and talk about what you are most proud of any why?
Tell me about a time you produced a video as part of a team. What are the pros and cons of working alone vs. working with a team?
What managerial advice would you give yourself three years ago and why?
Tell me about your experience managing people and describe your management style.
Tell me about a time you managed someone who was underperforming. What did you do and what was the outcome?
If your main Jira board had 500 open tickets in the backlog, making it harder to use the board for prioritization, how would you manage this?
Talk about a time that you believed a process improvement was necessary, but were challenged by someone else on your team. How did you move forward?
Tell me about a time you presented and pushed for a process improvement idea to management. What was the outcome?
Tell me about a situation you wish that you had handled differently based on the outcome. What would you change (or will you change) when faced with a similar situation?
Tell me about a time you were dissatisfied in your work. What could have been done to make it better?
Describe a time when you came across business practices or decisions that you thought were questionable. How did you handle the situation?
Describe a situation where it would have been easier to provide information that you knew was not correct or accurate. How did you handle the situation?
Tell me about a work incident when you were totally honest, despite a potential risk or downside for your honesty.
Have you ever faced a significant ethical problem at work? How did you handle it?
Tell me about a time you experienced unethical behavior at work. How did you respond? Talk about what you learned from that situation and what, if anything, you would do differently next time.
Have you worked in a situation in which an employee, vendor or supplier had a conflict of interest? How did you handle this?
If you were to take over as CEO of your last or current company tomorrow, and had to increase your company's current rate of growth, what three areas you would invest in?
What have you done to help your human resource department become a strategic partner?
Tell of how your job (at a current or former employer) was directly related to a strategic goal.
Describe a few key aspects of your team building style.
What are the ways in which you motivate your team to be the highest performing?
What are the ways you typically bring teams together? How do you address conflict and/or dissent?
Walk me through a financial statement (pick one).
Recall an occasion when you had to explain your department's losses.
Tell me about a time when you influenced the outcome of a project by taking a leadership role.
Tell me about a time when the going got really tough. How did you rally the staff and build morale?
Describe a time when you failed to satisfy a client or customer due to some minor neglect. What did you do to correct it?
Tell me about a time your workday ended before you were able to finish an important task that was due.
Describe a time when you were under pressure because your team was counting on you to solve an important problem or complete an important project.
Tell me about a time when a direct report of yours missed a deadline. How did you react?
Tell me about a time when you were right about something, but still had to follow instructions. What was the situation?
Tell us about a time you saved time or money for your organization.
Give me an example of a time when had to decide between protecting the interests of your manager or team and the interests of another important party (another manager or leader, a customer, etc.). What did you do?
Describe a time when you were asked to put the interest of the company ahead of your own or your team's interests.
Recount a time when you had to prioritize bill or invoice payment.
Describe the most difficult employee relations situation you have had to handle. What did you do to try to resolve it, and why?
Describe a favorite mechanical engineering project you worked on in the past. Why was it your favorite? What skills did you use and what did you learn from it?
Tell me about a time you collaborated with a team to solve a mechanical engineering problem. What role did you play and what was the outcome? What steps did you take to work well with the rest of the team and was it successful?
Describe a time a mechanical engineering project did not go as you wanted. How did you deal with it and what did you learn? Walk me through the iterations of process improvement that got you to a successful outcome.
Tell me about a time you worked on a cross-functional team. Were there different challenges compared to working within your own team?
How have you approached solving a problem that initially seemed insurmountable?
Tell me about a time when a team project failed. How did you respond?
Tell me about a project you worked on when you felt especially motivated. What was it that motivated you? Did your motivation lead you to work differently than you usually do?
What was the last big project you worked on? What obstacles did you overcome?
What are some of the biggest mistakes you see brands make in terms of their CA strategy?
How do you evaluate the right balance of tools in the tool box for both brand and acquisition?
Give me a few examples of KPIs or metrics would you use to measure the performance of a website. Why did you select these metrics and what would you hope to learn from them over time?
If you were launching an online campaign with the goals of getting as many people as possible buy the items on the page, what KPIs would you pay most attention to and how would you optimize the campaign to perform even better?
Talk about your experience allocating your company's marketing budget across different tactics. How have you decided where to prioritize funds?
Tell me about the biggest highlight or proudest moment of your career.
Tell me about a time you got completely lost in your work. What was the situation? What did you learn or accomplish through the process?
Describe an endpoint management system used for monitoring MS Windows.
Tell me about your experience with software inventory systems for Microsoft Windows.
Tell me about your experience with Hyper-V.
What are the key things you consider when building out a server?
If a server is running is slow, what are some steps that you'd take to identify the issue?
Describe the server roles you use and manage.
What is the most time consuming support ticket you encountered? Why do you think it was so time consuming? Is there anything you think you could have done to shorten the time?
If a user says their email doesn't work, how would you start troubleshooting it?
Describe how you would troubleshoot an unreachable website for a client.
What patch management tools have you worked with in the past?
Which virtualization solutions have you managed or deployed?
Describe a time when IT security was not a priority for your employer and it had a negative impact. What did, or what would you do to help improve that situation?
When do you feel it is important to document? What are some things you've documented before?
Describe a time you had an issue installing an OS. How did you resolve it?
Describe how you would mass deploy servers or PCs.
If you were to build your own computer, which specs would you be concerned with and why?
What is your level of expertise regarding identifying vulnerabilities in a system?
What are your methods for documenting software installation and configuration?
Describe how your home lab is set up. What features are absolutely essential?
What is your experience with penetration testing or ethical hacking?
What RAID would you setup for a server that needs its data to be replicated in real time?
Have you ever developed a documentation process from scratch? Talk about the steps you took to get your system in place.
Give me an example of a time when results did not meet a client's expectation. What happened, and how did you attempt to rectify the situation?
Tell me about a time when you thought someone wasn't listening to you. What did you do?
Describe a difficult time you have had dealing with an employee or customer. Why was it difficult? How did you handle it? What was the outcome?
Give me an example of a time when you had to think on your feet in order to delicately extricate yourself from a difficult or awkward situation.
Explain, step by step, how you have handled an employee who had performance problems.
Describe a time when you needed to discipline an employee who reported directly to you.
How have you worked with People Ops to help facilitate a smooth onboarding experience for new hires?
Have you ever had to champion an unpopular change? What was the situation, and how did you handle it?
Give me two examples of work situations in which your business acumen helped you solve a problem. What was the outcome in each scenario?
Describe what you have done in the last month to keep up-to-date on customers� needs. How have you integrated this information into your work plan for customers?
Give me an example of how you made or recommended a change in process, strategy, or procedure in response to a change in the external environment. Was your change orrecommendation implemented and what was the outcome?
Give me an example of a time you were able to take the lead in changing a policy for your department and for the organization.
Tell me about a time when significant changes took place in your job. What did you do to adjust to the change(s)?
Describe a time when you pulled your team together and raised morale through a difficult transition or change. How did you handle the situation?
In what circumstance would you design in Photoshop rather than another program? How do you make your design scalable?
How do you utilize Adobe Illustrator in your day-to-day tasks? Describe a project you worked on using Illustrator.
Describe a favorite project you have worked on. Take us through your workflow from initial concept to final design.
How would you bring visual art into the digital space for our company?
Walk me through the steps you would use to remove the background from an image in Photoshop.
What are 3 tasks you're comfortable and not comfortable performing in Photoshop?
Describe the difference between the closed arrow and the open arrow. Give an example of a situation in which you would use each.
Where do you get design inspiration from and what are some design trends that influence you? How do they play into your work?
What type of project would cause you to gravitate towards InDesign rather than one of the other programs in the Adobe Creative Suite? Tell me about a specific project you designed in InDesign and talk about why you chose to use this tool.
Tell me about your experience working with different pallets like symbols, brushes, and patterns.
What is your general approach to choosing type for a project? Give an example of when you might use multiple typefaces.
For a given mobile application requirement that requires both iOS and Android apps, how would you choose between native and hybrid app development frameworks?
If an application is rejected by App Store, how would you handle the resubmission process? What kind of analysis is needed to make sure the application is accepted in the next attempt?
Tell me about a time you found a simple solution to a complex problem.
Describe the biggest work-related problem you have faced in the last six months. How did you handle it and what was the result?
Tell me about a project you worked on and how it helped the organization meet its business goals.
Tell me about the last time a project challenged your design process. What was the situation and how did you move forward?
Talk about a time you learned something valuable about the user experience and applied it to your design.
Walk me through your process for the last project or product you initiated?
Do you have a favorite CSS preprocessor? If so, what does it let you do that normal CSS doesn't that you really enjoy? If not, is there anything about vanilla CSS that frustrates you?
Tell me about a time you developed a website or web app for a company from scratch. What were the biggest challenges you faced on this project? What questions would you ask the client that would help you in architecting the website?
Tell me about your experience in a very early-stage context. Talk about a time the client wanted to give input on the best approaches to employ the frontend. How did you handle this input and what steps did you take to listen to stakeholders while still using your best judgment?
What is your preferred IDE? What development tools do you like to use/are familiar with? Tell me about a recent project where you used one of these favorite tools.
Tell me about a time that efficiency was important to a development project. How do you believe efficiency generally applies to front-ends?
Talk about the design pattern you use to organize your code. Describe your experience with MVC.
You are taking over a frontend UI developed using Angular JS. If the code has to be migrated to React JS, what will be your approach?
Tell me a software engineering project that you are proud of. What contributed to its success?
Give an example of a time when you had to 'get creative' to meet a project budget.
Provide an example of a project that went over budget. Why did it go over budget and what did you do to mitigate the situation? How did you communicate this with the stakeholders?
Please give an example of how you would set a budget. As the project progresses, how do you work to forecast correctly and determine whether you will come in on or under budget?
What were your biggest obstacles in a recent email marketing job you worked on? How did you deliver on your role?
What size lists have you worked with previously and how did you manage the list/data?
What types of email marketing campaigns have you developed or managed previously?
How do you think about building customer loyalty? Give me an example of a best in class loyalty program you have led.
What tools or methods do you typically use to identify and track customer lifecycles?
What is your go-to process for diagnosing deliverability problems and ensuring deliverability success?
Describe an A/B test you've recently performed. Why did you chose this test, what were the results, and how did you use the results in future campaigns?
Explain an automation you've set up, the performance, and takeaways from that experience.
What is your go-to verification tool? Explain invalid, bounce, SPAM, abuse and Catch-All.
In your opinion, what are the best performing flows and why? How many flows do you have set up currently and why?
What is your process for setting up a successful automation strategy within a CMS platform?
Tell me about a design you developed using CAD to further develop a system or prototype.
Tell me about a recent situation where you needed to learn a new 3D modeling software. How did you go about learning it, what resources did you use, and what did you find most difficult? How did it impact your work process?
How would you go about setting up a test plan for a new widget you are bringing to production? Talk about what you would measure, what you would test, and what your measure of success would be.
Give me an example of the safety procedures you followed when you last conducted testing.
Give an example of a piece of equipment that you needed to perform tests on. What aspects did you choose to test and why?
What is your experience with the Linux operating system?
What is your experience upgrading and patching Windows operating systems?
What operating systems have you worked with in the past?
Tell me about a time you used an AWS tool. What was the motivation for using this tool and how did you identify it as the correct tool? Did it solve the problem as you expected?
How would you establish a documentation process for RestAPI based development? What are the important factors to be considered while publishing an API for public consumption?
Give an example of a git strategy you used for a past project.
Tell me about your experience using git in a collaborative capacity.
Describe a time when you were the resident technical expert. What did you do to make sure everyone was able to understand you?
Have you ever worked on a virtual team? If so, tell me about this experience. What were the team dynamics? Was the team successful? If not, what do you perceive to be the advantages and disadvantages of this type of team? What would you do differently? How would you suggest creating team cohesiveness in a virtual setting?
Describe a time when you were able to overcome a communications barrier(s).
Tell me about the last time that you volunteered to expand your knowledge at work, without being asked to do so.
Tell me about an experience when you developed a significant new skillset through your work. What was the situation? What did you learn? Who helped you along the way?
Tell me about something you learned on the job and then applied to tasks and experiences outside of work.
What is the most important thing you've learned from a peer and how have you used that lesson in your day-to-day life?
Tell me about a time when you asked for feedback on an important skill from your manager or co-worker and then used that response to improve your work.
Tell me about a time you received a piece of critical feedback that was hard for you to hear. Why was it difficult and what did you do with that information? What did you learn about yourself?
What is your preferred type of prototype to create (sketching, low or high fidelity) and why?
Tell me about a time when prototyping changed the direction of a project.
How have you previously measured the success of a visual design execution? Give examples of a design that was successful and one that was not. What revisions did you make?
Tell me about a recent design project you are proud of. Talk about where you got your design inspiration from, and how you incorporated that into the project.
What programs do you have experience with for both low-fidelity and high-fidelity prototypes?
Can you give me an example of a time when the user experience design and visual design layer had to be treated as an integrated project?
Talk about the graphic design software you are most proficient in. Give an example of a recent project where you used this software and talk about how it impacted your process.
What does your brainstorming process look like when you first get a project brief? At what point do you incorporate software?
Do you typically rely on thumbnailing or sketching? In your most recent project, at what point did you move from paper to computer? Do you prefer to begin with thumbnailing or head straight into design and why?
Tell me about a time you could have used multiple different software to get a job done. Which did you chose and why?
How do you determine if your design has been successful? Talk about a time your design was successful and a time that it was not. How did you handle to each outcome?
What is your approach to a typical graphic design project, from discussing with the client all the way to finalizing the design?
What trends in graphic design do you think would best fit our branding and messaging?
What is the most creative project you have been responsible for in a past role? How was it received?
Tell me about a time when you came up with and considered a lot of potential ideas before making a decisions. Tell me about your process for generating ideas. Tell me about your process for evaluating them.
Describe a time when you had to think 'outside the box' to solve a problem. What was the challenge you faced? Why did it require an 'outside of the box' solution?
Tell me about that last memorable time that you followed your curiosity? What was the situation? What did you learn? How was it relevant to what you were working on?
Tell me about a time that someone you presented findings to questioned your results. What was your approach in helping them develop a better understanding?
How would you prepare a presentation for an audience that is not data-literate?
Tell me about a time you had to present a technical topic to a non-technical audience. How did you approach sharing the information?
Describe a time when you needed to use the principles of logic to solve a problem.
Have you ever solved a problem that others around you could not solve? Tell me about it.
What was one of the toughest problems you ever solved? What process did you go through to solve it?
Describe a model that you deployed in production. What was the metric you optimized for and how did you minimize overfitting?
Walk me through how you would work with a product manager to design an A/B test or an experiment for the site.
Tell me about a time that you had to ingest data from an API or other raw data source. How did you clean and transform it for analysis?
What biases come into play when dealing with data? What are some ways that you avoid them?
Tell me about a time you cleaned a messy dataset, including specific issues with the data and the steps that you took.
If your client was asking you for confidence intervals for a machine learning algorithm�s performance metrics, what is a reasonable way to go about this?
What was the worst dataset you have had to deal with? How did you process it?
How would you explain a p-value to a sales representative?
In what context would you use an object oriented programming language instead of a more functional language? In what context would object oriented programming be unnecessary?
Talk about the difference between a compiled and interpreted language. How do they typically handle types? Give an example of when you would use one or the other.
How would you prevent dead code to save resources?
What kinds of packages and analysis tools have enjoyed working with in R or Python?
How would you create a generator that produces 2 items each time rather than 1?
How would you go about building a Python class?
If you needed to deploy a data warehouse for an organization, with data coming from various sources, what would be your solution?
Describe a situation in which you would use a tool such as Tableau, Qlik, or Google Data Studio instead of Microsoft Excel.
Tell me about the analytics tool you have the most experience with. Describe a typical project in which you would use this tool.
Tell me about your experience implementing BI or analytics software. What are some things that you find useful and some things that you find challenging about using this software?
Tell me about the business intelligence tools that you prefer to use to inform your decision-making. Which of those are the most helpful and why?
What are some different kinds of joins in SQL? Which one do you typically use and why?
Describe how you would prevent a SQL injection.
What is your experience with regular expressions?
Walk me through the steps of how you would set up and analyze an experiment. If you saw a positive lift with a p-value of .1, what kind of recommendation would you make?
Describe how you would normalize a data set.
Please describe the methodology of an experiment that you ran and how you conveyed your results to your audience.
Describe a project you worked on that involved an overwhelming amount of data?
Tell me about a scenario where you used data to alter or significantly change your marketing plan.
Talk about how you work with stakeholders to create dashboards. How do you collaborate with them to figure out and build what they need?
What platforms do you use to deliver results to various stakeholders at different levels?
What is most important to you when writing a report - comprehensive content or tailoring to your audience? Give an example of when you needed to make this decision and talk about how you chose your content.
Describe a data visualization you've created in the past. Who was the visualization for, what made it impactful, and why?
How do you approach deciding on a particular visualization for a given problem? Give an example. Why did you choose this visual as compared to others?
Give an example of when you would choose to use a bar chart vs. a line chart vs. a pie chart. Talk about the pros and cons of each.
Tell me about a significant miscommunication that you were a part of. How did the situation arise? How was it resolved? What would you do differently to prevent the situation in the future.
Tell me about a time when effective listening skills helped you in a problematic situation.
Tell me about a time when your listening skills really paid off. For example, they helped clarify a potential misunderstanding, resolve a conflict, or solve a problem.
Tell me about a time when you were effective at handling multiple projects at the same time.
When you have a lot of work to do or multiple priorities, how do you get it all done? Give me an example.
Give an example of how you stay organized when juggling multiple tasks.
Tell me about a time when a customer was not fully understanding the capabilities of your product. How did you adjust or provide additional training to meet their learning needs?
Tell me about your participation in past training development. What did you do and how did you improve the process?
Describe someone who led a very effective onboarding training on your team. What did they do well?
What are the first steps you take when troubleshooting a new problem?
What is your general method for troubleshooting a network outage or issue?
Describe a time that you had to ask for assistance when troubleshooting an issue. How long did you troubleshoot before asking for help?
Give an example of how you carefully considered your audience prior to communicating with them. What factors influenced your communication?
Tell me about a method you've developed for accomplishing a task.
Tell me about a time when your organizational skills helped you succeed.
Tell me about a time you discovered a more efficient way to do a task at work.
What tools do you use to keep yourself organized at work?
Describe a time you created a process to accomplish a certain task or goal. How did you determine the requirements to achieve your objectives?
Describe a time when you organized a complex project.
Have you had a nonproductive team member on your project team? What happened, and how did you handle this situation?
Describe a time when you had to deal with a difficult boss, co-worker or customer. How did you handle the situation?
Have you ever had to persuade a peer or superior to accept an idea that you knew they would not like? Tell me about the resistance you met and how you overcame it.
Have you ever had to persuade a group to accept a proposal or idea? How did you go about doing it? What was the result, and how did you feel about it?
Give me an example of a time when you had to work closely with a difficult co-worker. How did you handle the situation?
Tell me about a time when you had to exercise a significant amount of self-control at work.
Describe a time when you needed to complete or deal with a project that had a lot of repetitive work or routine tasks. How did you stay engaged?
Give an example of a difficult or stressful situation in which you were able to maintain your composure, even if others could not. What was the outcome?
What means have you used to focus on detail and to keep from making mistakes?
When there's a decision for a new critical process, what means do you use to communicate step-by-step processes to ensure other people understand and will complete the process correctly?
Getting the job done sometimes requires the development of a detailed plan. Can you give me a specific example of a time when you developed and implemented such a detailed plan?
Tell me about a time you found you needed a deeper level of subject matter expertise to do your job well.
Talk about a time when you had to educate yourself on a topic to make a presentation.
Describe a time when you took a new job that required a much different set of skills from what you had. How did you go about acquiring the needed skills?
Tell me about a time when a major work related obstacle occurred. What did you do to keep moving ahead with your regular work and meet your deadlines?
Tell me about the process that you use for goal setting. Describe a specific instance in which you defined your goals, objectives and anticipated results.
Can you tell me about a time when, unsolicited, you suggested a better way to perform a process? What was the situation? What was the outcome?
Describe a time when you got results where others had previously attempted and failed. What did you attribute your success to?
Tell me about the last time you were competitive at work. What was the situation?
What have you done in your previous positions at other companies that made a significant difference to the business and for which you believe you will be remembered?
Tell me about a time when you volunteered for an assignment in order to expand your knowledge or further develop your skills.
Tell me about a time when a competitor beat you (delivered a better product, won an important customer, launched a feature first). How did you respond?
Tell me about your proudest professional accomplishment.
Describe a time when you performed a task outside your perceived responsibilities. What was the task? Why did you perceive it to be outside your responsibilities? What was the outcome?
Tell me about the last time you had to apologize to someone.
Describe a situation in which you have had to work in a multicultural environment and the challenges you had. How did you approach the situation, and what was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you backed off in a meeting or group discussion because you felt someone else should have an opportunity to speak.
Describe a time when you had to deliver difficult news. How did you go about it?
Recount an occasion when you were greeted with a greeting that was not normal for you. How'd you respond?
Tell me about a time you perceived a problem or opportunity that no one else saw. Why do you think you noticed something that others did not?
Describe a time when you took actions to increase your awareness of a problem or situation. Why do you believe this was necessary? What did you learn?
Tell me about a time you went out of your way to help a coworker achieve a goal with no benefit to yourself.
Tell me about a time when someone came to you with a problem with a coworker. How did you handle the situation?
Give an example of a time when you had to quickly change project priorities. How did you do it?
Tell me about a situation at work that tested your patience. How did you respond?
Describe a time when you made a mistake at work. How did you deal with the situation? What was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when a co-worker made a mistake that negatively impacted you. What did you do, how did you respond to that co-worker, and how did you move forward?
Give me an example of a time when had to work with someone who you found to be difficult. How did you respond to them and what did you learn from that situation?
Can you describe an occasion when a prior strength actually turned out to be a weakness in another setting? How did you cope?
What is the most important thing for a customer to hear from you when they call with an issue?
Describe a time when you provided excellent customer service to a key stakeholder in the hiring process.
Tell me about a time when you went out of your way to give great service to a customer.
Tell me about a time that you built a relationship with a customer. How did that impact the partnership later on down the road?
Describe a time when you had to adjust your communication style to your audience. What specifically did you do and how did you determine if it was helpful?
Tell me about a time when you had to explain something you knew well to someone who had difficulty understanding the subject. What did you do?
Tell me about a time you strongly disagreed with your manager. What did you do to convince him or her that you were right? What ultimately happened?
Tell me about a recent written report or proposal. Describe the process or guidelines you followed in developing it.
Describe a technical report that you had to complete. What did the report entail? What was the purpose? Who was the audience?
Tell me about a time when you needed to clearly express yourself through writing. What was the situation? What was the outcome?
Recall an occasion when you had to work with people from different teams to accomplish a single goal.
Describe a time when you were instrumental in creating or improving a good relationship with another team within your company.
Tell me about a time you had to be very strategic in order to meet all your top priorities.
Have you worked under time constraints before? Give us an example.
Was there a time when you struggled to meet a deadline? Tell us about it.
Describe what a 'call to action' is. Give me an example from your own work of how this has been successful.
What does visual communication mean to you? Talk about a time you successfully designed something to portray a specific message.
Talk about how visual communication varies between different marketing methods. Give an example of how you would communicate the same message through at least 2 different outlets.
Describe why it is important to use metrics. Give an example of what is important to track and why.
Tell me about a time you used research to analyze and understand where your industry is going, in order to better help your customers.
Tell me about a time when you helped tell a customer's story.
What design projects are you most proud of? Give a specific example and talk about why you are proud of it.
Where do you find your creative inspiration? What tools, books, or ideas help you in your day-to-day work?
Tell me about a time you had to design something when were not especially inspired. What steps did you take to move forward?
In what circumstances would you want to use a vector-based program vs. a raster-based program? Give an example for each and talk about why you chose each program.
Describe how you would use Adobe Creative Suite to design a logo vs. a web page vs. a print ad.
What is the core program within the Adobe Creative Suite that you use to compose most of your designs? When would you use each program and what is the difference between them?
Describe a project where you provided creative direction. What went well and what did you learn from it?
Describe how you balance giving freedom to your creative staff while still defining the creative direction of the project as a whole. Talk about a time you had to manage this and explain why you made the choices you did.
How do you give constructive feedback to your team? Give an example of a situation when you had to give negative feedback regarding a designer's work.
Tell me about one of the campaigns that you have led that you really loved.
What criteria would you use to assign tasks to your software developers? Please share an example from a previous role.
If your budget to complete a project was capped, what are some strategies that you could employ to deliver on time and stay on budget?
How do you work with your team to have releases meet deadlines? Tell me about a time you had to cut features in order to meet a deadline. Which features did you cut and how did you chose those features?
Talk about a time you realized a deadline would be missed. How did you respond and what did you do to adjust and salvage the project?
Tell me about a time you had to manage time, scope, and cost. How did you balance these things and decide which to prioritize?
What do you think are the pros and cons of different social media platforms and do you think one is more important than the others? Can you give an example as it would relate to our company?
Describe your experience working on a social media campaign. How did you plan it?
What are some recent campaigns that you thought were noteworthy? What made them stand out and how do those principles apply to the work that you do?
Tell me about types of purchasing you have done in the past. Give at least 1 specific example.
Tell me about a time when you used insights from a market research to support marketing or product management teams. Tell me about a time you got a result that was not intuitive, and how you communicated that.
Describe a process that you would use to forecast the sales of a new product. Talk about the importance of each step, and share a specific example if you have one.
How have you approached marketing research in the past? Please talk about a couple of examples, including a multi-step process.
Tell me about a time that data played a critical role in informing your marketing strategy. How did you convey to your audience the importance of this data and how it corresponded with the overall marketing strategy?
Describe a brand that comes to mind when you think of a successful marketing strategy. What makes them successful and what takeaways do you have from their strategy that you might apply with our company?
As an analyst, sometimes you are very deep into the data. What do you do to take a step back and assess your overall marketing strategy?
If you were to rebrand our company, what are the first steps you would take and why?
Talk about your experience creating brand identities from scratch. What does your workflow look like for these projects?
If you were to start your own brand from scratch, what are the first steps you would take to develop a brand identity?
What channels have you used in the past to measure brand equity?
Give an example of a time when the metrics didn't correspond with the success of a campaign. What were you measuring and what would you have measured differently in that situation?
Tell me about a time that metrics showed an unexpected result and how you adapted your strategy?
For the last campaign you worked on, walk me through the brief to the agency. Please share about the specific components and what it said.
What do you believe a successful campaign to be? What metrics do you use to determine success? Give an example from a campaign you have worked on.
Tell me about a time you planned an advertising campaign. Talk about how you chose the platforms in your media campaign.
Give some examples of metrics that you have used in the past to measure the strength of your brand. What KPIs have your found helpful in discovering changes in the strength of your brand?
How do you work to keep a brand consistent but evolving? Give an example from a recent brand you have worked on.
Give me an example of a campaign that did not go according to plan. Talk about what happened and what steps you took to adjust.
What is one example of a digital marketing design or campaign you've done that showcases a successful campaign?
Talk about how you approach the most high intent vs. low intent users with respect to various marketing platforms, such as Paid Search, Social Media, YouTube, etc.? If you have a high intent person who is in the market for a TV and a low intent person who does not know if they need a TV, what tactics would you consider to convert a purchase to your brand?
Tell me about the tool/reports you use to assess the performance of digital ads in your current or most recent role.
What are some of the most important customer takeaways that affect your approach to brand marketing?
Give me an example of a time when you used a key customer insight to make a change to your product or brand.
How have you previously handled marketing strategies focused on reaching specific audience segments? Give at least one example.
If you could pick a stock to add to this company's portfolio, which one would it be? Why?
Tell me about a time a renewal was difficult to obtain. What tactics did you use to get the renewal?
Talk about a real estate project you contributed to that was very successful. What lessons did you take away from this project?
Please tell me about the last deal you executed. In addition, tell me about one that was difficult to close, but in which you were ultimately successful.
Tell me about a contract negotiation where the client was giving you pushback. How did you turn it around?
Describe your most complex negotiation. What role did you play in reaching an agreement?
Which property type do you have the most experience with? Talk about a time you worked with this kind of property and what went well.
Describe what you would include in the market analysis for a large office building purchase.
Tell me about how you came to understand a market you previously knew nothing about.
Talk about a market you've covered in depth in the past. Give me an overview of recent trends there.
What property types have you modeled? Can you share a sample underwriting?
What metrics do you assess first when familiarizing yourself with an opportunity? And how do you decide if you'd like to continue assessing? Walk me through your quick 60 second assessment of an opportunity.
Tell me about a time when you had to review and reconcile important historical financials in order to project future performance.
Walk me through a due diligence process you have completed. How did you approach each phase to decide if a property should be acquired?
What tools do you use to manage, collaborate, and communicate effectively throughout the due diligence process?
Tell me about a situation in which the diligence came back indicating less value in the appraisal, bigger environmental concerns than anticipated, or more property repairs or maintenance. How did you move forward?
How do you set your priorities when you have multiple accounts?
Tell me about a time you helped a client integrate an add-on/upsell of your product.
Tell me about a time when you had to anticipate needs for a customer. Describe the situation and what was the resolution?
Tell me about a time you used Excel to solve a complex problem. What did that involve and why was Excel chosen for the project?
Explain how you could use Excel to analyze the results of an A/B test to determine a winning marketing campaign.
What do you think are three of the most useful Excel functions/formulas? Give an example of how you have used each of them.
Tell me about a time you managed a challenging situation with a customer and turned it around.
How do you prioritize your time with multiple key customers?
How do you track the health of a relationship and what tools do you use?
Tell me about a time you convinced a client to go with your product over a competing product.
Tell me about a time you changed a customer's mind. How did you do it and what did you learn?
Tell me about a time you made a sale despite significant odds against you.
How have you interacted with a business development function in your previous roles? Provide an example of an initiative where you partnered with business development and what was your approach.
How have you been responsible for generating revenue through partnerships or the acquisition of new accounts?
Walk me thru a scenario where you opened up new opportunities for a company where you worked, either directly or through partnerships.
Tell me about how you minimize distractions during the workday.
Describe some steps you have taken to build rapport with your peers or customers.
Tell me about your top 3 areas of material expertise.
Describe your experience applying group policies to organizational units in AD.
Tell me about a time you had to respond quickly to a crisis situation. What were the circumstances? What was the final outcome?�
How would you respond if a colleague asked you something which you could not reveal because you were bound by confidentiality?
Tell me about a time when you spoke publicly on an issue or topic and it had a positive result on your team or workplace.
Describe a time when you were conscious of making a good impression in your work environment. What did you do differently than normal? How did it turn out?
What steps would you take to preprocess NLP data?
Tell us about an obstacle you've faced in the construction process and how you overcame it.
Tell me about a project or event you have organized that did not go according to plan? What happened and why? What did you learn from that situation?
Tell me about an important Node.js package you have worked with. What made it important for your purposes?
Describe a project where you used SolidWorks to put a set of plans together. How did you follow up to make sure that what was being built was correct?
Tell me about a time when you missed an important deadline. What was the situation? What would you do differently next time?
Tell me about a time when you had to make an impromptu presentation or speech with little or no preparation. What was the most difficult part? How did you handle it?
Tell me about a time that you lost a customer to competitor when you shouldn't have. What did you learn?
Tell me about a time you needed to act very skillfully and discreetly. How did you manage the situation?
Tell me about your experience managing public relations without the help of an agency. Do you have a bias towards an agency, an in-house team, or both?
How well do you know Active Directory in a cloud? Can you configure group policy?
Tell me about a time you experienced extreme pressure at work. How did you work remain calm and focused?
Describe your experience with SEO standards. Have you ever worked with an SEO specialist and if so what did your collaboration look like?
Describe your experience working with an R&D group.
Tell me about a time you received an assignment that was seemingly impossible to solve. How did you handle the situation?
Tell me about the tools you would use to design a product.
Tell me about a technical issue you've had in the past. How did you solve it?
Tell me about a project that you planned. How did you determine priorities? How did you organize and schedule the tasks?
What about Salesforce do you wish to learn more of? What are your most underutilized Salesforce capabilities?
In what circumstance would you want to use state management? How would you decide?
Give an example of a statistical analysis you have done in R. Walk through the steps of how you completed the analysis.
Tell me about your comfortability building reports in Tableau and give an example of a time it was required in your role. What do you find most helpful and most challenging about using Tableau?
What have you experienced to be the limitations in React and how do you address them?
Tell me about a time you had to present complex information. How did you ensure that your audience understood?
How would you build a chatbot system in the Ecommerce domain?
Tell me about a situation in which your job required you to show respect and courtesy to someone you did not know. What manners were most important in that circumstance and why? How did your response affect the situation?
Give me an example of a time you directly confronted someone at work, but was able to maintain a positive relationship afterwards. What approach did you take and how do you believe that contributed to the outcome?
Describe a complex assembly model that you created. Talk about the issues with constraints and how worked to resolve them.
Describe some good and bad uses of typography in logo design. Give at least one specific example of each.
Give me an example of an assignment you have recently worked on that involved learning a new technical development.
How has Salesforce helped you be more effective in account management?
What was the most interesting or challenging technical proposal you've ever written?
Tell me about a time when you felt you did not make a good impression in a work-related situation or environment. What were the circumstances and what benefits did you gain from this experience.
Given an example product to design of your choice, what materials would you use and why?
Tell me about a project you initiated. How did you communicate your vision for the project?
Tell me about your relationship in previous roles, either directly or indirectly, with the construction management process.
What�s one critical piece of feedback you�ve received that was really difficult to hear? Why was it difficult and what did you do with that information? What did you learn about yourself?
Tell me about a time when you believed in something that most other people did not believe in. What was the situation? Why did you believe?
How would you describe your illustration style? What are your design influences?
Tell me about a project where you developed content for a client. How did you develop your idea for the brand?
Suppose you've designed a plastic component for a consumer product. The material is cracking during use. What steps would you take first to diagnose the problem and determine an appropriate solution?
Describe a time when confidential information was shared with you that shouldn't have been. What was the situation? What did you do?
Give me an example of a time you had to work on a task you weren't interested in. How did you motivate yourself?
Please describe a time where you were required to plan and deliver a project or activity within a short amount of time.
Give an example of a time when you were trying to meet a deadline, but you were interrupted and were not able to hit the deadline. How did you respond?
If a web application needed to support 1000 concurrent users, how would you select the necessary cloud platform and its components?
What are the most common tasks that you use Sketch for? Describe your most recent project and how Sketch was used as a part of your process.
Show me an example of branded content that you have worked on.
Describe how you productionize machine learning endpoints.
Describe an experience where you were the underdog. What kept you going? What was the outcome?
What type of project management software have you used in the past? What did you like and what did you dislike about that software?
Give some examples of how and when you were the spokesperson for your current (or most recent) company.
Tell me about a situation when you had to be assertive in order to get an important point across. What was the outcome?
What do you believe makes a dashboard useful for a business stakeholder? Describe an example layout.
Given a large corpus of legal documents and a business requirement to identify similar paragraphs between the different documents, describe how you would make a solution.
When you think about marketing and communications, how do you see them playing complementary roles and how do you see them playing separate roles?
What is your general approach to building a website for a client? Do you prefer to work with wireframes or to jump right into designing and present that to the client and why?
Tell me about your experience with media strategy. How much experience do you have managing communications?
Give me an example of a complex dashboard you have made. What difficulties did you face and how did you overcome them? Did you learn anything new about Tableau functionality?
Tell me about the most difficult part you've ever design in SolidWorks. What made it difficult and how did you complete the project?
Describe the steps or methods you use to define a vision for your team, using a specific example from your previous experience.
Throughout your career how have you learned more about your profession: through coursework, through on-the-job experience, through some other method? Explain.
Describe some situations when you had to develop rapport and collaborative working relationships with colleagues from other offices/departments within your organization. How did you go about establishing and maintaining these relationships?
Tell me about a time you learned from a failure.
Tell me about a time when you anticipated the future and made changes to current responsibilities or operations to meet future needs.
Tell me about a time when you needed a functionality out of Salesforce but did not know how to use it. What did you do to learn that skill?
How do you like to document your project progress? What programs do you find work the best and why?
Which attributes do you think should be mandatory in an Active Directory user profile?
Tell me about the property types you have construction management experience with (high rise, sfr, modular, multi-family, industrial, etc.).
How do you stay up to date with learning new packages and tools in R?
Tell me about a time when you helped colleagues resolve their differences.
Describe a technical skill you use on a regular basis and what you have done to improve it.
Tell me about a time when you felt it was extremely important to present a professional image at work or as a representative of your company. How did you tailor your attire or behavior appropriately for the situation?
Tell me about a time you went out of your way to help someone at work, even though you didn't need to.
Tell me about a time when you were late for a meeting. What did you do about it?
Tell me about a time that you were willing to say something important at work that others were not. Describe how you handled the conversation, and why you chose to approach it the way that you did. Talk about how the information was received and how it impacted your team.
Tell me about a time when working in a different country you had to adapt to the culture. What adaptations did you have to make? How did you go about it?
Tell me about a time that you needed to be direct when discussing an uncomfortable issue. What was the outcome?
Tell me about a time you vouched for an unpopular idea. How did you articulate your position and express your opinion? What was the outcome?
Explain the workflow for a logo you designed from start to finish.
What area of your last job was most challenging for you? Why was this specific part of the position difficult? Is this still challenging? Why or why not?
Tell me about the most effective contribution you have made as part of a team.
Tell me about a time you used your knowledge of the organization to get an idea approved.
Describe a team project that dealt with highly confidential information. Why was confidentiality important? What steps did you take to maintain confidentiality while getting the project done?
Tell me about a time you needed to be polite in a situation where the other person was escalated or rude. How did you handle the situation? How did the person respond and what was the outcome?
If new user sign-ups begin to drop dramatically, how would you drill into this problem to investigate it?
Give a few examples of how you have worked to build relationships with your co-workers, including those above and below you in the organization.
Describe your creative process to arrive at a design options.
Give an example of a time when a project management tool was integral to the success of your project.
Tell me about a time you strongly disagreed with your manager. How did you approach the conversation and what was the outcome?
What did you bring to the last team on which you were a member? Describe how your strengths improved the team.
Describe a situation where you had to work with someone with whom you had a significant disagreement or difference of opinion on how the task, project or work should be done. Describe the situation, how you communicated the disagreement, and what the outcome was.
When it comes to localization, which language do you find to be the most challenging and why?
Tell me about a time where the data you needed was unavailable or not in its desired state. How did you resolve that problem?
Tell me about a work 'nightmare' you were involved in. How did you approach the situation, and what was the outcome?
Tell me about a time when you successfully mentored a coworker.
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