Question: What is your approach to delegating work to coworkers? How do you ensure that tasks are completed?
Alternative Question Phrasing:
- How do you delegate work to others and make sure they do the work well?
- How do you delegate work to your staff?
Follow-up questions:
- What if your coworkers did not do the work well enough?
- What if they decline the work you are trying to delegate to them?
- How would you teach your coworkers to do the work well?
- How do you know when to delegate and when to handle things yourself?
Question Details:
Question Type:
Knowledge:
Skills:
Other Factors:
Work Activity (Task):
Interacting with Others – Assigning Tasks to Others (Delegation and Direction),Interacting with Others – Coaching and Developing Others,Interacting with Others – Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates,Interacting with Others – Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others,Interacting with Others – Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships,Interacting with Others – Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others (Informing),Interacting with Others – Training and Teaching Others
Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):
Interpersonal Relationships – Coordinate or Lead Others,Interpersonal Relationships – Relationship With Subordinates,Interpersonal Relationships – Responsibility for Outcomes and Results of Others,Interpersonal Relationships – Work With Work Group or Team (As a member, not a leader),Job Structure – Level of Responsibility (Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Organization Results)
Work Style (Person-Job Fit):
What to look for in an answer:
Look out for how well delegate, along with the potential issues that usually come with delegating.
Red Flags to Watch For:
Red flags are if the interviewee is (a) uncomfortable with delegating and is hesitant to delegate, or (b) is extremely laissez faire in regards to delegating and seemingly ‘pushes’ work away to others, or (c) delegates but micromanages the delegated work.
Sample Answer:
N/A
Question Source:
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