Interviews...Interviews...Interviews...

Questions About Team Work:

1.If you have a disagreement with a coworker, how would you handle it?

Suggestion: Answer should include discussing the problem, reasoning, etc. If one-to-one meeting does not solve the problem, help   from the common boss or an arbitrator may be asked.

2.What minimum quality should a person have to be your teammate?

Suggestion: Be practical and reasonable.

Sample Answer: Although, I can work with any person, it will make my life easier if the person is a team layer, can communicate and nice in behavior.

3.What behavior of a person do you not like?

Suggestion: Search for most common one, such as lazy, not-punctual, bad behavior, foul mouth, etc

4.If you find that your teammate is rude, racist and/or sexist, how will you handle it?

Sample Answer: If there is a corporate policy, I will follow it. If not, I will warn the person the first time and if he continues, I will report it to the proper authority.

5.How do you handle a teammate who thinks he/she is always right or knows better?

Sample Answer: If it does not interfere with any of my work, I try to leave it alone. If it interferes with my work I will talk and reason with the person. If that does not work I will talk to my superior.

6.If there are 4 people in your team and you think your are doing half of the work what will you do?

Sample Answer: It depends on circumstance. If I feel that my boss thinks I am the only person who can do the job, I will do it. Normally if I can finish the work within the allocated time,  I will not complain. Otherwise  I will just let my boss know about it and if she still insists on my doing it, I will do it.

7.If there are 4 people in your team and you think your supervisor assigning you only 1/8 of work, what will you do?

Sample Answer: If I feel that my boss did not give me the work because he does not have enough  confidence on me, I will talk to him and do something to improve his confidence. In all other cases, once I  finish my current work I will let my boss know that I can take a new assignment.

8.While waiting for new work, l will spend the free time to learn new skills that may help me in my work.You have a deadline and no time and one of your teammate needs some help, What will you do?

Sample Answer: If the solution is easy one and not time consuming I will help my teammate. Otherwise I will tell him to wait until I finish my project and then I will help him.