Examples of potential STAR/Behavioral type questions:
- What specific capabilities/skills do you bring to the job that would be helpful? Why?
- This job primarily will manage a series of projects. Tell us about a project you’ve managed and outline your philosophy of project management.
- This job requires fellows to create journal clubs and standard response letters. Give us examples of documents you’ve created and how you constructed them.
- Give an example where you showed leadership in a challenging situation.
- Tell me about a time you had to cope with strict deadlines or time demands. Give me an example and explain how you handled it.
- Tell me about your computer skills and how you use them on the job.
- When have you had to cope with an angry or hostile customer or co-worker? Tell me what you did and how you handled it.
- Tell me about a time you had to solve a time-sensitive technical problem in the field. Tell me what you did and how you handled it.
- This job requires expert data management skills. Tell us about databases you’ve designed and managed.
- What techniques do you use to handle difficult clients or customers?
- This job will require you to spend a large amount of time talking to colleagues across cross-functional teams. How do you define “good interpersonal skills”? Give us an example of a time when you demonstrated good personal skills.
- Give me your experiences communicating and working with diverse populations