Question: Would you rather create a culture of open information, sharing, and increased accountability by giving responsibility to your subordinates, or focus more on establishing frameworks for your subordinates and controlling the decision-making process?

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Follow-up questions:

Please justify your answer.

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Knowledge:

Management

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others)

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Management Level,Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Developing and Building Teams,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Thinking Creatively (Creativity),Work Output – Process Management

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

Interpersonal Relationships – Coordinate or Lead Others,Job Structure – Level of Responsibility (Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Organization Results)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking,Leadership/Command

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s management skills.
The candidate’s critical thinking skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s poor management skills.
The candidate’s poor critical thinking skills.

Sample Answer:

In establishing a corporate culture, I believe in shared accountability because it encourages team work and makes employees feel valued thereby motivated to contribute. I usually provide the framework and my team knows that I need their support whenever decisions need to be made.

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