Question: How would you describe the working culture of your current or previous team, and how have you helped to build or change this culture?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Can you explain the working culture of your current team? How do you manage to let your colleagues know that you are concerned about them?

Follow-up questions:

How did you feel knowing that you are instrumental in instituting culture change?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others),Social – Rapport Buiding/Relating and Connecting with others

Other Factors:

Big 5 – Extraversion,Personality-Organization Fit,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

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

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

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Cooperation,Social Orientation (Work Alone vs Group Work)

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s people or interpersonal skills, and also their ability to work in a team.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of people or interpersonal skills.
The candidate’s apathy towards corporate culture and his/her colleagues.

Sample Answer:

Our culture is collaborative. There was a time when it wasn’t deliberate for my colleagues to collaborate with each other. I suggested to my boss that having an open-door policy encourages people to speak up and contribute ideas. This somehow paved way for people to communicate and bond with each other more, leading to healthy collaborations.

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