Question: Describe a time when you had to assemble a team to work on a quality improvement project. How did you go about finding and recruiting these team members?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Explain a time when you had to compile a team to help improve an aspect of your company. How did you go about finding the right members to involve? What were the existing problems within the company and how did you lead a team to address them?

Follow-up questions:

Where did you source for the team members? What were the quality improvements that you proposed or implemented? How did the team do overall? Did the team members work well together?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking

Other Factors:

Personality-Organization Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others,Interacting with Others – Developing and Building Teams,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

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

Interpersonal Relationships – Coordinate or Lead Others

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Adaptability/Flexibility,Analytical Thinking,Innovation

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s organization skills.
The candidate’s commitment to change and quality improvement.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s poor organization skills.
The candidate’s lack of commitment to change and quality improvement.

Sample Answer:

N/A

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