Question: In your experience, what skills do you use when influencing others?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

What skills do use when you need to influence the way other people think?

Follow-up questions:

How effective is your approach? Please explain.

Question Details:

Question Type:

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Social – Negotiation,Social – Persuasion,Social – Rapport Buiding/Relating and Connecting with others,Social – Social Perceptiveness

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Interacting with Others – Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships,Interacting with Others – Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others (Conflict Management),Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

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

Interpersonal Relationships – Frequency of Conflict Situations

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Adaptability/Flexibility,Approachability,Persistence/Perseverance,Politeness

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s influencing or persuasive skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of persuasive skills/inability to influence others.

Sample Answer:

To influence others, I must have the emotional intelligence to predict how people might react to a certain idea so I can adjust what communication techniques to use.
I must also listen attentively to responses and know how to deal with objections. On top of it all, I need to build good working relationships, hence exceptional people skill is necessary.

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