Leadership Interview Questions

1. Can you name someone who has had a big impact on you as a leader?

2. How did you build your personal reputation?

3. What advice would you give someone who is assuming a leadership position for the first time?

4. What keeps you up at night?

5. What improvements would you like to make regarding your leadership skills?

6. What is your style of leadership?

7. Do you lead from intuition?

8. Are you a risk taker?

9. Why do leaders fail? Can you give me some real world examples?

10. How do you bounce back from failure? Can you give me an example?

11.How do you define leadership success?

12.What is the difference between a leader and a follower?

13.How do you develop new leaders in your team?

14.Who was the most difficult person you've dealt with? How did you manage the situation?

15.Tell me about a time when you missed an obvious problem.

16.What is your biggest weakness?

17.What can you bring to the band that no one else can/has?

18.How do you sell ideas to your team?

19.How do you motivate disengaged team members?

20How do you deal with underperforming team members?

21Can you describe a time that you led by example?

How do you motivate senior, experienced employees?

When employees make mistakes -- how do you ensure accountability without stifling innovation?

How do you ensure that your team is committed to your strategy?

How do you resolve conflicts amongst your team members?

How do you balance the need to challenge staff but not overwhelm them?

What is the importance of delegating? what shouldn't be delegated?

A Marcher wants to quit, what do you do?

As an organization gets larger there can be a tendency for the "institution" to dampen the "inspiration." How do you keep this from happening?

What is one characteristic that you believe every leader should possess?

What is the biggest challenge facing leaders today?

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