Behavioral Competencies At Work

What will you do if your teammate's work style does not align with yours, taking into account the fact that you have a deadline to meet?

How will you adjust when introduced to new technology at the workplace for which you must dedicate extra time?

What would you do if your manager does not approve of your work, no matter how dedicatedly you complete the task?

Did you face any issues transitioning from school to college? If so, how did you handle them?

How do you lay the groundwork for a healthy break policy?

Do you create a checklist? If so, are you able to accomplish it?

What does a normal day in your life look like?

How often do you get late for work?

What is one specific thing you do that undermines your self-worth and causes you not to like yourself or your life?

In what aspect do you compare yourself to others?

Tell me about a time when you showed self-confidence to create positive motivation in others. Give me a specific example and the results.

What is more important – how others value you or how you value yourself?

How will you get your work done in a scenario wherein you have a report launch lined up in 10 days, and all freelance designers need at least ten working days to design your report?

What would you do if you have been toiling day and night to crack a public service exam, but you did not make it to the cutoff list by just one mark?

Would you invest in cryptocurrency if an expert business analyst and friend of yours predicts a surge in the rates of cryptocurrency for a limited period?

How do you feel if your research work of two weeks gets trashed by the reporting manager and hence you need to work on the project from scratch?

You are on the verge of finishing a task when your manager assigns you a new task for which you must start preparing at the backend. What would you do to make up for both the tasks?

What motivates you to come to the office each day?

What are the conditions when you must put extra hours to finish a project? Would you rather work on weekends or finish the task during working hours?

What are the activities that make you lose track of time?

What are the hidden criteria that aids an appraisal?

How do you feel working in your current position?

Do you prefer working individually or as part of a team?

What problems did you face in your previous roles and how did you deal with them?

How do you feel and further act upon an assignment, for which you have received negative feedback from a colleague?

How would you proceed with your work, when your trainee comes up with a better plan of action than you?

Would you attend training sessions introduced by the management, not compulsory for everyone?

Your project requires software which would simplify your work? Would you take someone's assistance? If not, what would be your plan of action?

You have made a long due outing plan with friends, but it gets cancelled at the last moment. What do you tell your friends?

Do you have more good memories than bad ones?

You want to watch a live football match on TV, while your parents wish to watch a news bulletin. What would you do be able to watch the match?

How often do you think about the past? What did you learn from your mistakes?

How many selfies do you take in a day?

What is your immediate response if a friend compliments your new shoes?

Can friends on Facebook see your tagged picture?

How often do you look at your face while video calling a friend?

How will you handle a situation when you have goofed up big time, but the root cause/person behind the cause is unknown to the management?

How would you manage a looming deadline?

You are back to work after sick leave; meanwhile, there has been miscommunication due to your absence. What steps will you take to make up for it?

You have hit rock bottom with an initiative. What did you learn from it and how did you change your action plan?

What kind of analysis do you put in place to evaluate, improve and manage the quality of services you provide?

How do you anticipate the needs of your customers for products and services they are unaware of?

Describe when you figured out an area of improvement and the measures you undertook to tackle it.

Which checking process have you in place to ensure that you meet accuracy standards?

What stresses you out in life or work and, how do you cope with it?

Have you turned any of your dreams into reality?

You have been arriving at the wrong conclusion every time you solve an equation. What would you do to arrive at the right answer?

You are amid semester exams in a different city while your mother meets with an accident. How would you manage to stay focused on studying?

What are your two key weaknesses which you think you need to work on and why?

Where do you see yourself in five years? What are you doing to further that goal?

What has been a major setback in your life? How did you pull yourself through it?

What life lessons have you learned in n number of years and how have they shaped the way you think?

How do you stay prepared when there is an urgent client call scheduled for the day, but you have several in-house responsibilities?

Will you go out of your way to arrive at the outcome you committed to delivering? If so, how would the events unfold?

How do you set your goals? Describe your action plan to achieve them and strategy when failing to do so.

How would you approach a situation when you have an important deadline but, you know you will not be able to deliver on time?

Would you still pursue your business model which neither your friends nor family have trust in?

How would you feel and what would you do when you are unable to reach the correct answer to a math problem even after trying multiple times?

What would you do when you realise there has been no difference in your body weight despite three months of workout and healthy diet?

How will you respond to the chief who has shunned away your creative script which you produced toiling day and night?

What career would you opt for/change in your current career if you were given a chance to start all over again?

What is your aim in life? How far are you from achieving it?

Consider you are hired for the job but, your work does not align with your career goals. What would you do?

You have been given an option to start a new project in addition to the ongoing but, that requires more time and resources. Would you take it up to let a co-worker take it?

What would you do if you are getting late for an urgent meeting and the traffic light turns yellow?

What would you do if you're in a long queue outside a restaurant, but you catch a friend about to enter?

Would you take the initiative to convey it to your manager if a couple of team members have planned to flunk in the manager's absence?

What do secrets mean to you and how good/bad are you at keeping them?

How would you feel if your boss reprimands you for coming late almost daily?

What would you do if your team is getting lectured for making a mistake that you committed?

How do you respond to a friend who often advises you to be polite while speaking?

When another person is sad or frustrated, do you experience the same emotions?

Would you like to take a safe drug that would bring you strange experiences?

Your cousin has shared a business idea with you and needs the necessary resources to set-up. Would you invest in it considering you have no experience in the domain?

Do you enjoy when someone makes an unexpected joke or comment that starts everyone laughing a little nervously?

What would you do and how would you work at a place where you have to do the same things daily?

Describe a situation in which you forecasted a problem and prepared a strategy for handling it. How did it turn out?

How will you deal with resource crunch when you have given a task to your team, but one of the members goes on an unplanned leave?

When encountering a person blowing his own trumpet, how do you bring them to become an effective contributor?

Describe the one time you failed to deliver superior quality work as committed to your client and the reason behind the same.

What do you do when you manage to finish your work before time?

What kind of high standards do you set for yourself /subordinates? How do you work towards attaining them for yourself and the team?

Have you ever called in sick when in fact you had some other plans?

As a famous artist, you are offered 50,00,000 Lakhs to endorse a product which you don't like personally. Would you still take up the endorsement?

Would you mind flirting with a customer to bag a major deal if the other party considers you attractive?

Have you ever made a product sound better than it is, to market it?

How would you respond if your manager gave negative feedback in front of your peers?

How do you prepare for a presentation to an important client the day before it's due?

Can you describe a time when your stress resulted in making errors at work?

How do you ensure that stressful situations in your personal life don't affect your work performance?

Would you accompany a colleague who asks you out for a night out?

What would you buy in end of season sale? How often do you shop?

How would you react to someone who constantly insults you in front of your boss?

What is the worst thing you have done or said in anger?