Question: Describe a time when you help someone else advance their career. What did you do and why did you do it?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

How did you grow this person?
Why did you decide to help this other person?
Did you benefit from the other person growing in any way?
What happened in the end?
How well did this person grow?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Social – Instructing (Teaching)

Other Factors:

Motivation/Ambition/Aspiration,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Coaching and Developing Others,Interacting with Others – Provide Consultation and Advice to Others,Interacting with Others – Training and Teaching Others

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

Interpersonal Relationships – Responsibility for Outcomes and Results of Others

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Compassion/Concern for Others

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

You are looking to see if the interviewee has the characteristics of a person who can coach and grow others, based on their past experience.

Red Flags to Watch For:

If the interviewee cannot come up with an incident where they grew someone else, it is a potential red flag, although it is possible that they never had the opportunity to grow anyone else.

Sample Answer:

N/A

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