Question: If you suffer a setback at work, are there people there you can depend on to help you? Who are they in relation to you and how can they help?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

During a significant setback, who were the people you could depend on?

Follow-up questions:

How do you know you can count of them?
How did you build this relationship with them?
Would you do the same for them?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Social – Rapport Buiding/Relating and Connecting with others,Social – Social Perceptiveness

Other Factors:

Big 5 – Extraversion,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Assigning Tasks to Others (Delegation and Direction),Interacting with Others – Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates,Interacting with Others – Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

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

Interpersonal Relationships – Relationship With Subordinates,Interpersonal Relationships – Relationship With Supervisor,Interpersonal Relationships – Work With Work Group or Team (As a member, not a leader)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Dependability,Humility,Social Orientation (Work Alone vs Group Work),Stress Tolerance

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

You are looking to see if the interviewee can trust others, and is able to build and rely on a support network at work.

Red Flags to Watch For:

If the interviewee is a ‘lone wolf’, does not have a support network, or just generally has a hard time thinking of people s/he trust, it is a red flag.

Sample Answer:

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