The questions on handling an organization’s critical business, designing future targets, and their achievements are often becoming the deciding factor for any selection.
In short, you need to have a stable mindset, exhibit leadership skills, and provide quick and intelligent answers by citing examples wherever necessary. This will help to illustrate to the interviewer that you have firsthand experience as a manager.
Top 18 Management-based Questions to ask in a Job Interview
1.Why are you leaving your current position?
2.How do you delegate work among the employees who report to you?
3.Explain how you dealt with a problematic employee.
4.How do you drive your employees in difficult phases?
5.Tell me your story. How did you get from the start of your career to your last role?
6.What's your process for prioritizing tasks during busy times?
7.What kind of work environment do you prefer?
8.Why did you apply for this position?
9.What are the qualities of a successful manager?
10.Cite a situation, where you have taken a tough decision.
11.What criteria did your last company use to reward employees?
12.How important are deadlines for you?
13.How would you help prevent employee burnout?
14.Describe a time when you had to express your ideas in a meeting and you received negative feedback from your team. How did you manage it?
15.Have you ever struggled to communicate with colleagues while working together on a project?
16.Can you share an example of a situation in which teamwork enhanced your output as an employee?
17.Sometimes it’s just not possible to get everything on your to-do list done. Tell me about a time your responsibilities got a little overwhelming. What did you do?
18.If your colleagues are not open to learning something new that could improve team performance and efficiency, how would you try to convince them?
Why should you ask Management Questions in a Job Interview?
The list of questions above is by no means comprehensive but is a good starting point as you prepare to take a management interview.
When preparing for a management interview, candidates should remember these 3 things:
1) avoid clichéd answers,
2) give solid examples,
3) focus on leadership skills.
The candidate’s ability to personalize their answers and give specific examples in support of those answers for management-based questions will differentiate them from other candidates competing for the same position.
