Question: Describe a time when you were part of a successful team or a team that successfully completed a team project. What was your part in the team?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Describe a successful team project you worked on so far. What was your contribution?
Tell me about a successful team project that you have been involved in. What was your role and what made it a success?
When was the last time you worked as part of a successful team? What did you do to contribute to it?

Follow-up questions:

What did you learn from that experience?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Basic – Science and Logic

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):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Analytical Thinking,Social Orientation (Work Alone vs Group Work)

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s team spirit.
The candidate’s result-orientation.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of team spirit.

Sample Answer:

N/A

Question Source: https://resources.workable.com/interview-questions/