Question: Describe a time when you made a snap judgment about someone’s character and were later proven right.

Alternative Question Phrasing:

When was the last occasion that you had to make an instant character judgment of a person to come up with a solution to a problem?

Follow-up questions:

What was the outcome?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Social – Social Perceptiveness,Systems – Judgment and Decision Making

Abilities:

Cognitive – Inductive Reasoning

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Mental Processes – Analyzing Data or Information,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking,Human Equity (Opposite of Discrimination)

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s judgment skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s failure to make sound judgments.

Sample Answer:

I would say I am good when it comes to judging a person’s character. I am very observant and I base it on his/her behavior. I am 90% accurate, most of the time. There was a time when I was assigned to delegate tasks to team members. I assigned tasks based on my colleague’s strengths and I’m proud to say that we were able to finish before the deadline.

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