Question: Have you recently had an accident or a near miss? What happened and why do you think it happened?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

How did you feel?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

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

Abilities:

Cognitive – Inductive Reasoning

Other Factors:

Personality-Organization Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

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

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s analytical thinking skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s poor analytical thinking skills.

Sample Answer:

I feel tensed whenever I experience a near miss. Once I almost submitted an inaccurate report to management that could have resulted in a disaster. Good thing I always double check my work and I was able to spot the error.

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