Very rarely in an office does someone really have the luxury of working independently without interacting with other members of the staff. For this reason everyone needs to have some level of interpersonal skills to survive in a typical office environment. If your company relies on successful teamwork it is very important to determine how well new candidates will integrate into your current group of employees. Here are five interview questions that can help you determine these qualities in potential new hires.
- Can you give some examples about how teamwork benefited you in your career? A strong team motivated candidate understands that working with others can help everyone stay at the top of their game in the office. They should be able to talk about team oriented tasks that allowed everyone to shine.
- Tell me about a time when you had difficulty working with a coworker and how you handled it. Personality clashes happen on the job. It isn’t important that everyone in the office like each other but it is important how they handle that.
- How do you interact best when working within a team? You want to know what role they like to take on in the office. Are they a team leader, an organizer, a worker, or a slacker? The type of work they take on in team environments can provide you some insight on how they will work for you.
- Have you ever worked as a team leader and how did you approach the experience? Not everyone is an effective leader and that is okay. Companies need do-ers too. However, you want to know how they do function as a leader, how they motivated their team, and the final outcome.
- Tell me about a way you may have been more effective working in a team. A good candidate will be able and willing to admit their faults on the job. The key is how they embraced that failure and learned from it to be better in the future.
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