Question: Describe a time when you saw someone else doing a job in an unsafe manner? How did you notice and how did you react?

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Follow-up questions:

What was the outcome?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Social – Social Perceptiveness

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility),Cognitive – Problem Sensitivity (Problem Recognition)

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking,Compassion/Concern for Others

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s ability to empathize.
The candidate’s critical thinking skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s apathy towards co-workers and the company.
The candidate’s poor critical thinking skills.

Sample Answer:

Once I saw a colleague visiting a site without a hard hat. I gently reminded her of the precautions when entering a site and she appreciated by concern.

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