What is a leader for you?
How would you describe your style of leadership?
What does the word “success” mean to you?
What does the word “failure” mean to you?
(If the interviewee works or worked in a company that uses mentoring among its human resource practices) Are you someone’s tutor? Who? What is your philosophy about tutoring?
Describe an important problem you have solved with the collaboration of your employees.
What are your most important long-term objectives?
Describe the people you hired in your last employment, did they succeed? How long did they stay in your company?
Tell me about an employee who has had a successful career as a consequence of his management.
Tell me if you have had any experience with a important redundancy process.
How many direct subordinates have you trained in the last two years? How was it?
How many direct subordinates have you fired in the last years?
How do you think your subordinates would describe you as a boss?
What are the main difficulties to face as a group leader?
Let’s talk about your performance, how would you describe your own performance? What would your subordinates say? What would your boss say?
Can you mention some ideas, projects or other innovations you feel proud of?
How would you manage a subordinate who has deliberately disobeyed your instructions and yet succeeded?
If your boss goes on vacations for a month and though this is none of your functions, he asks you to work for another manger while he is away, what would you say and do? Give me an example.
- Tell me if you have ever been unfairly treated because of a company policy
