Question: Describe how your current or previous role fits into the wider department or company’s goals.

Alternative Question Phrasing:

How does your current role fit into the department’s overall objectives?

Follow-up questions:

What are some responsibilities you handled which are less role specific but more of department specific?
Which of these responsibilities did you find the most challenging?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others)

Other Factors:

Motivation/Ambition/Aspiration,Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Personality-Team Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates,Interacting with Others – Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships,Mental Processes – Developing Objectives and Strategies,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):

Interpersonal Relationships – Frequency of Contact With Others,Interpersonal Relationships – Responsibility for Outcomes and Results of Others,Job Structure – Level of Responsibility (Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Organization Results),Job Structure – Structured versus Unstructured Work

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Analytical Thinking,Initiative,Social Orientation (Work Alone vs Group Work)

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

If the candidate clearly understands how their contribution has helped in their department’s progress.
If the candidate’s example points to their excellent interpersonal skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

If the candidate seems focused about their role and not the bigger picture.

Sample Answer:

N/A

Question Source: https://www.totaljobs.com/advice/most-common-competency-based-interview-questions