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 ________________________________________________________________ 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
