Examples of Behavioral Interview Questions
All Majors
1. Describe the biggest challenge you've had in your last job, internship, or field placement and how you handled it.
2. Tell me about a situation when you had to learn something new in a short time. How did you do this?
3. Give us an example of a situation in which you had to use your leadership skills. How would you describe your leadership style?
4. Summarize a situation where you had to generate a new idea or suggestion at work or school and tell me about how you got this idea implemented.
5. How have you most constructively dealt with disappointment and turned it into a learning experience?
6. Describe a situation where you had to work with a difficult boss, professor or other person. How did you successfully interact with this person?
7. Can you recall a time when you delivered more than what was expected of you?
Education Majors
1. Describe a part of your portfolio that best indicates your teaching style and beliefs and tell us how you have implemented this in the classroom.
2. What steps have you taken prior to a parent-teacher conference to ensure its success?
3. What strategies do you use to improve skills of students who are far below grade level?
4. Describe the process you have used in dealing with a student who was disrupting the class.
5. Describe your experiences working with a diverse student body.
6. What provisions do you make for meeting the range of skills and needs commonly present in a classroom?
7. Tell me about a specific lesson plan or situation that did not go the way you anticipated? What did you do to improve it?
How to Prepare
Refresh your memory about your achievements and highlights of your school and work careers over the past few years.
Think about challenging problems or obstacles you faced.
Demonstrate past behaviors by drawing on many experiences; think about internships, classes and projects, activities, team and sports participation, community service, and full or part-time jobs.
Decision making, leadership, organizational skills, problem solving, and team building are among the many topic areas that behavioral questions probe into, so any experiences which involve these areas would be good for use in behavioral examples.
Updated: 06/2007
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