Thanks everyone for their help!! These will definitely come in handy for the 30 minutes I have with the candidate.
David On 10/12/07, Billie Mandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try to get him/her to go "off script" and talk candidly. Depending on > the cultural context, a little slang can go a long way (along with > relaxed body language etc). > > - "What's the crappiest job you ever had? Why?" > - "What was the most awesome job you ever had? What made it awesome?" > - (Repeat the first 2 with "manager" in place of "job" if you want to > know what the person's leadership role model/anti-hero are like) > - "What's the hardest thing you've ever had to deal with as a > manager/leader? How'd you deal with it?" > > The toughest - and one of the best - interview questions I've ever > gotten: > "What's the bit of constructive criticism you're most likely to get from > people you work well with?" (if this approach seems to be working, you > can ask how that might change if the feedback were coming from someone > with whom s/he did NOT work well) > > You can also try a bit of "what would you do if..." with one of your own > nightmare or success stories from the past (where your manager did great > or did lousy). "OK, so imagine it's 9pm on deadline night, the whole > team has been there late every night for a month, but one guy is > missing, and suddenly a huge green monster comes in the front door and > starts eating all the computers. You're in charge. How would you handle > it?" > > Hope this helps! > - Billie > (who's obviously been watching too much Miyazaki lately) > > > * * * * * * * > Billie Mandel | Manager, User Experience Design & Research | OPENWAVE | > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Shaw > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 7:52 AM > To: IxDA Discuss > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Interview Questions - For interviewing a > teamlead/mgr > > Hi All, > > I know there's been discussions before about interview questions, but > I don't think there's been discussion on this kind. I've got to > interview a potential teammate who might end up leading us. I'm > curious from those that have been through this as to good questions to > ask to get a good indication of what that person will be like to work > with, as well as possibly work for. > > Any guidance would be great! > > Thanks, > David > -- w: http://www.davidshaw.info ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
