20 Scenario Based Interview Questions

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SCENARIO BASED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

20 Questions and Tips to Answer


Tips for answering scenario-based questions:

• Focus on your strengths and ensure they align with your answers
• Carefully choose examples that augment your problem-solving
skills
• Mention specific details about the incidents and what was your
part in them
• Provide examples that are related to the role for which you are
appearing for the interview
• Give answers that can help you clearly make your point

Q1. Describe a situation where you had to solve a problem. What did
you do? what was the result? What might you have done differently?

Q2. Give an example of a situation in which you saw an opportunity in a


potential problem. What did you do? What was the outcome?

Q3. What steps do you take before making a decision on how to solve a
problem, and why?

Q4. Give an example of a time that you realized a colleague had made a
mistake. How did you deal with this? What was the outcome?

Q5. Describe a time where you developed a different problem-solving


approach. What steps did you follow?
Q6. Tell me about a time when you became aware of a potential
problem and resolved it before it became an issue.

Q7. What are the factors you take into consideration while weighing the
pros and cons before making a decision?

Q8. Give us an example of a situation when you realized that you won’t
be able to meet the set deadline. What did you do?

Q9. What do you do in a situation when you cannot seem to find the
right solution to a problem?

Q10. What was the most difficult decision you had to make at work?
What was it about? What was the outcome?

Q11. Imagine a situation in which your one of your colleagues wants to


solve a problem in a certain way, but the other colleague has a totally
different approach in mind. They come to you asking for a help in
deciding on the right approach. What do you do?

Q12. Give me an example of a time when you were leading a team and
something went wrong. What happened? What did you learn?

Q13. Tell me about a time where there has been a disagreement within
your team. What did you do?

Q14. Tell me about a time you had to deal with a difficult client. How did
you handle that situation?
Q15. Tell me about a time when you were faced with extremely tight
deadlines. How did you handle that?

Q16. Give me an example of a situation when you had to work on


multiple projects simultaneously. How did you prioritize?

Q17. Give me an example of a major mistake you made. How did that
happen? How did you proceed with it?

Q18. Give me an example of a time when you showed initiative and took
the lead.

Q19. Have you ever had difficulty getting your team members to accept
your suggestion or an idea? What happened?

Q20. How do you stay up to date with the latest technological trends?
Thank You. All the Best

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