Interview Questions

Goal Setting/Accomplishment/Focus

Successes
1.  Give me an example of an important goal you had to set and how you accomplished that goal.

2.  Give me an example of a time when you set a goal and were able to meet or achieve it.

3.  Tell me about a time when a team you were involved with was going through long-term changes

or working on a long-term project.  What did you do to keep yourself and others focused?

Failed/Negative Incidents

4.  Tell me about an important goal you failed to achieve.

5.  Describe a time when you set a goal for yourself and did not achieve it because it was too high.

What was the standard?  Why was it too high?  What were the ramifications of your failure to

achieve your goal?

6.  Describe a time when you set a goal for yourself that was too low.

Processes

7.  Describe how you set your goals for last year and how you measured your work.  Did you achieve

your goals?  If not, why not?

8.  Tell me about a major project you recently finished.  Specific ally, how you set the goals . And

monitor your progress?

9.  Give me an example of a time when you used a systematic process to define your objectives

even though you were not prompted or directed to do so.  What type of system did you use?

What payoff did you get from using the process?

Challenges

10.  Tell me about a time you were given a goal by someone else that you believed would be

impossible to attain.

11.  Give me an example of a time you made a major sacrifice to achieve an important goal.

12.  Tell me about a time when you were unwilling or unable to make a sacrifice necessary to achieve

a goal.

13.  Describe your organization's culture and how that culture made it challenging for you to achieve

one of your goals