Describe a situation in which you encountered a conflict with a person from a different cultural background than yours. How did you handle the situation? (Please be specific)
Describe a situation in which you utilized your multicultural skills to solve a problem.
Describe how you, as a staff member, function and communicate effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, and backgrounds.
Give an example of how you honor commitments and describe a time when you were asked to compromise your ethics. What did you do? What would you do in the future?
Give an example of how you walk in the shoes of people we serve and those with whom we work.
How has your current/previous employer benefited from multiculturalism?
In previous work experiences, what has been the greatest obstacle in developing a multicultural-competent staff?
In what ways have you integrated multicultural issues as part of your professional development?
Please describe how you would work to create a campus environment that is welcoming, inclusive and increasingly diverse.
Suppose that in working with a University unit you discover a pervasive belief that diversity and excellence are somehow in conflict. How do you conceptualize the relationship between diversity and excellence?
Talk about a time that you successfully adapted to a culturally different environment.
Talk about how you responded to a co-worker who made an insensitive remark.
Tell us about a time when you changed your style to work more effectively with a person from a different background.
Tell us about a time when you had to work with someone who had the direct opposite personality of yours?
What do you see as the most challenging aspects of an increasingly diverse academic community? Follow-up question: What initiatives have you taken to meet such challenges?
What is your definition of diversity? How do you encourage people to honor the uniqueness of each individual? How do you challenge stereotypes and promote sensitivity and inclusion?
What kinds of leadership efforts are needed to encourage a commitment to excellence through diversity?
What opportunities have you had working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural and inclusive settings.