What kinds of questions whould a behavioral interview contain?

Answer 1

That depends on the kind of job you are interviewing for.

For example, when I had my interview for a sales position that requires that I take initiative, they asked me questions on how I dealt with ambiguity, problem solving and instances where I showed inititative.

Other question categories can include desire for results, how you deal with customers, dealing with failure etc.

I would recommend that you review the last 3 jobs or significant projects you've had. Think of specific instances that you remember from that job (ie, dealing with nasty customers, asking a boss for a raise, meeting a deadline, working in a team, achieving a goal, times where you fixed a problem) and write down those instances and think of all the positives that came out of them. Companies do not mind hearing about projects that failed, as long as there was a learning experience.

For every question they ask you, you are going to want a specific example "Tell me about a time when you had to deal with differing opinions on a team" - you need to have 1)a team you dealt with (and this can be a group project in school, a team of coworkers, a 'team' of servers at a restaurant - as long as more than one person is involved) and 2)how you handled it. Always highlight the positives.

If you get too involved in your answer, you can always ask "did that answer your question?"

If you have various scenarios you can talk about, you don't need to know what kind of questions they ask, just know what experiences you've had that have taught you things.

Answer 2

in an interview you have to think like the interviewer...behavioral interviews are used by employers to predict future behavior by what you have done in the past by the answers you give them. so in otherwords just think to yourself about loads of stories where you may have gone above and beyond, or when you solved a complicated problem, or lead a team of some sort....it makes it so much easier to remember some good stories ahead of time

Answer 3

How would you feel if...?

How would you react if...?

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