Behavioral Questions 1

- Why are you interested in / applying for this position? (Googliness)
- Tell me a situation in which you had to navigate ambiguity. (Googliness)
- (Depending on the scope of the work) Tell me a situation in which you had to manage a difficult - project stakeholder / team member / engineer counter part / client
- Tell me a time where you felt you failed? What have you learnt from that? What would you do if you could go back and fix it? (Googliness)
- Imagine a situation where the project is blocked because an engineer (or any other stakeholder), from another team, is not delivering. What would you do? Can you give me an example of a similar situation you’ve faced? (Leadership/RRK)
- Give me an example of ideas you’ve presented that required you to get your team’s buy-in. How did you modify your behavior to influence your team members’ opinions?
(Leadership)
- Tell me about a time when you influenced the outcome of a project by taking a leadership role, when it wasn't your job to do so. (Follow-ups: Why did you take on that leadership role? How did you get buy-in from the rest of the project team? - What did you do from that position to drive the rest of the project team? What was the eventual outcome, and how do you feel taking on that leadership role contributed to that outcome?) (Leadership)
- Tell me what you are most passionate about outside work. (Googliness) - done
- What are you most proud of in life? (Googliness)
- What type of person would you like to lead you to the next level and why? Follow-ups: What qualities does this person possess that inspires you?
What can you do to develop the same qualities? What approach or plan would this person take to lead you to the next level?(Leadership)

- Imagine your manager assigns you a project with a deadline one month away. A week before deadline he tells you to hand over that project to another co-worker and assigns you to another project. How would you react to and manage that sudden change? (Leadership) - I trust my manager, he must taken this decision for a bigger cause, either I am not suitable for that project, or there is a bigger and better project that needs my expertise
- What was the most valuable feedback you received? One you gave? (Googliness) - To be able to work independantly and that he trusts my work and that it is better to make mistake and ask for forgiveness than
Imagine you are a part of a team with low morale. What steps can you take to ensure your team stays motivated and produce results? Follow-ups: How would you uncover the root issue? What process can you implement to maintain your team's energy/morale (RRK/Leadership)
- Tell me a time when you had to "sell" or propose a solution to an Engineering or Stakeholder Team. (RRK/Leadership)
- Tell me about a project you were managing where a dispute between stakeholders threatened the success of the project, and what you did? (Leadership/Googleyness)
- Tell me the best insight that you’ve learned about yourself through feedback at work (in the past 6 months, last year etc); how have you used it? (Leadership/Googleyness)
- Describe a situation where you had challenged the status quo in regards to a particular project/initiative you were a part of. (Leadership/Googleyness)
- Tell me a time when you have worked on a complex project. How did you split the tasks? What was your role on that project? What were the challenges you overcame?
- A number of co-workers come to you with different tasks. How do you prioritize those tasks? - Done
- Can you give an example of a valuable piece of feedback that you have received? -Done
- Describe a time where you had a disagreement or conflict within your team
- How would your co-workers describe you?
- Can you describe a situation where you had to work with a decision that you didn't agree with?
- Describe a technical mistake you have made recently? What did you learn?
- What's the most difficult/challenging problem you have had to solve?
- If things aren’t going to plan, how do you move yourself/your projects forward?
- How do you seek out opportunities? (we really like candidates who are proactive in fixing/improving things)
- How do you communicate, both within your team and with other teams?
- What is your biggest failure? What did you learn from this?
- When did you receive constructive feedback? How did you act upon this? - Done