Question: Describe a time when you made a decision based largely on data that you collected.

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

How did you justify your decision?
How did you collect the data?
How did you understand the data or make sense of the data?
How did you from your decision or explore options based on the data?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Systems – Judgment and Decision Making

Abilities:

Cognitive – Deductive Reasoning,Cognitive – Inductive Reasoning

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Estimating Characteristics of Objects, Events, or Information,Information Input – Gathering Information,Mental Processes – Analyzing Data or Information,Mental Processes – Developing Objectives and Strategies,Mental Processes – Evaluating Compliance with Standards,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Making Decisions and Solving Problems,Mental Processes – Processing Information

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s decision-making skills.
The candidate’s analytical thinking.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of decision-making skills.
The candidate’s inability to perform analytical thinking.

Sample Answer:

When I resolved a production issue in the past, due to limited time, we were not able to conduct additional research so I based my decision to replace an equipment solely based on the data that we have gathered which included incident reports and statements from the production team.

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