Question: How would you approach explaining or showing your coworkers the importance of cooperation?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

How would you show co-workers the importance of co-operation?

Follow-up questions:

What would you say to them?
What approach will you use?
What if there were still objections from your coworkers?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others),Social – Instructing (Teaching),Social – Persuasion,Social – Rapport Buiding/Relating and Connecting with others,Social – Social Perceptiveness

Other Factors:

Management Level,Personality-Organization Fit,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Change Management,Interacting with Others – Coaching and Developing Others,Interacting with Others – Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates,Interacting with Others – Developing and Building Teams,Interacting with Others – Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others (Informing),Interacting with Others – Selling or Influencing Others,Interacting with Others – Training and Teaching Others

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

Interpersonal Relationships – Coordinate or Lead Others,Interpersonal Relationships – Work With Work Group or Team (As a member, not a leader)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Approachability,Compassion/Concern for Others,Leadership/Command,Social Orientation (Work Alone vs Group Work)

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

You are looking for the interviewee’s sense of healthy and functional team.

Red Flags to Watch For:

If the interviewee has no effective strategy for communicating the importance of teamwork, that is a red flag.

Sample Answer:

N/A

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