Interviewers ask behavioral questions—these questions that prompt you to describe past experiences—to give them real-life examples of how you use your skills. Anyone can state they have a certain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Murphy covers leadership, hiring and employee engagement. What is a situational interview question? In short, situational ...

Share an example of a challenge you've faced at work. Describe a time you had to make a difficult decision in your role. Tell me about a mistake you've made on the job. We've all probably heard some ...

When heading into an interview, candidates must prepare for any question thrown at them. Many candidates prepare to speak about their past experience and how it fits into the role, but many forget ...

While potential employers are always concerned with your hard skills as well as past performance in a job, they are able to find most of that from your resume. That’s why, when it comes to landing the ...

Across the classes that I teach, I devote quite a bit of attention to the topic of formulating and delivering good questions. Whether it’s my Counseling students learning to ask effective probing ...