Question: Describe the biggest risk you have taken professionally or personally. How did you evaluate the risk and come to your decision?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Explain the biggest risk you may have taken in your professional career or personal life. How have these risks made you who you are today and how did you go about making your decision?

Follow-up questions:

How did this play out? How has this risk change where you are today? What did you learn from this experience? In hindsight was this risk worth taking?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment)

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Estimating Characteristics of Objects, Events, or Information,Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking,Risk Tolerance

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s analytical and critical thinking.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Answers that reveal poor analytical and critical thinking skills.

Sample Answer:

N/A

Question Source: https://www.greenhouse.io/guidance/competency-based-interview-questions