Analytical Skills
- Can you talk about a time when you used analytical skills to discover a problem, and how you went about finding a solution?
- Can you tell me about a situation where your analysis of a problem was deemed to be incorrect? What would you have done differently?
- Can you tell me about a time when you discovered a more efficient way to complete a daily or weekly work task?
- Describe a project or situation where you successfully demonstrated your analytical abilities.
- Describe a time when you had to solve a problem, but didn’t have all necessary information about it in hand. What did you do?
- How do you weigh pros and cons before making a decision related to an important work task?
- If you had to choose between two or three options, how would you decide? (e.g. hiring decision, budgeting, performance evaluation systems, training)
- Tell me about a task that really tested your analytical abilities, and why?
- Tell me about a tricky situation for which you found a very simple solution?
- Tell me how you fulfilled reporting requirements of relevant government rules and regulations in your last company?
- What types of metrics do you currently track, and how do you use these to make a decision?