hi there everybody my name is Richard
McMunn from the interview training
company how to become calm and in this
training video I'm going to teach you
how to pass your team leader interview
by providing you with sample questions
and also suggested answers so if you
have any kind of leadership coming up
whatsoever wherever it is for a small
business a medium-sized business or a
strategic leadership role this training
tutorial is going to help you so
straight into it a very warm welcome to
the tutorial that's me there on the
right hand side Richard McMunn I've been
helping people like you for many years
now to pass their interviews as a leader
myself I spent 17 years as a leader in
the fire service
I've also for the last 15 years been
running my own business as a leader and
an entrepreneur and these interview
questions are extremely common in
leadership style interviews and I
believe I will give you evidence-based
suggested answers to help you prepare
effectively so we're gonna focus on the
team leader interview as usual please
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we go so team leader interview questions
and answers now it's important to stress
from the outset that you are going to be
assessed against a number of
competencies now these are very simple
to understand but I'm going to quickly
go through them and then provide the
suggested answers to each question so
the competencies for a leader include
your leadership style so this is your
ability to lead and inspire other people
and this is important towards achieving
the company's goal it doesn't matter
whether you are gonna be a leader in a
local supermarket a care home or a very
big organization that company has goals
and your job as a leader is to get your
team towards those goals
also another competency is the
management
and problem-solving skills that you have
so obviously as a team leader you will
have to solve problems so this is about
your ability to manage your staff manage
time and the resources at your disposal
in order to meet the company's goals and
also solve problems when required you
also have to have strong organizational
skills and this is about you being
capable of managing multiple tasks all
at once and different projects in order
to meet again the company's goals other
competencies you have to be a
motivational leader and this is about
motivating people to get the most from
them so one of the questions might be
can you give an example of when you've
motivated an underperforming member of
staff and I will give you an answer to
that question you can use and
decision-making skills you have to make
a decision and that takes courage
sometimes you need courage and skills to
make the right and decisions in order to
meet again the company's aims and
objectives and also organizational
awareness what I mean by that is as a
leader you have to be aware of the
bigger picture and sometimes you have to
make unpopular decisions that amongst
your team they might not be popular but
you remember are working for the
organization and they will have set aims
and targets okay let's get in to the
sample questions and answers make sure
you take notes because I believe these
are very solid answers for these type of
team leader interview questions question
number one tell me about yourself and
why you would make a good team leader
here's my sample response I am a
hard-working conscientious and
professional leader who has the ability
to get the most out of his team I have
many years experience with in similar
roles and having assessed the
competencies required for this
leadership role I feel totally confident
I will be able to meet the company's
mission and goals by implementing
effective leadership and management
skills one of the aspects of the team
leader role I enjoy the most is being
able to positively motivate and inspire
a team to get the most from them from a
personal perspective I am always looking
to learn and develop and I spend some of
my personal time outside of work reading
development books in order to widen the
resources available available to me so I
can continually improve as a leader I
feel confident that if I am successful
today interview you will see a positive
impact within the team as we
work towards achieving the company goals
and targets so that's quite an in-depth
response that I've broken down for you
into four parts there and that is a
solid response that will get you off on
the right foot for your team leader
interview question number two how would
you motivate a team to get the most out
of them so remember I mentioned that one
of the competencies is being able to
motivate your staff okay so here we go
here's my suggestion answer one of the
first things I would do when leading a
new team is conduct individual
appraisals this is really important in
order to find out more about the team
members but to also define my
expectations of them within their role
and to also set them targets I would
then use a combination of positive
communication skills praise when it is
deserved and supportive management
techniques to drive the team forward to
achieve our goals whilst I am a firm
believer in delegating tasks and
responsibilities to team members based
on their individual strengths I also
like to have a positive present presence
within the office and encourage people
to be the best they can be by providing
support guidance and regular team
meetings to motivate and inspire and
again in my opinion
another really solid answer to that team
leader question if you need to take
notes please feel free to pause the
video take notes as you go along and
then you can use these suggested answers
in your team leader interview next
question describe a time when you
managed multiple team tasks so obviously
as a team leader you're not just gonna
be given one task to do you will have
multiple tasks okay so how you manage
these is by being organized and also
planning and delegating so here we go
here's the answer
in a previous role I was managing a
small team of five people it was the
start of the financial year and I had
six projects on the go all at once the
projects including conducting team
appraisals achieving company targets
developing a new product for the
business and also undertaking internal
staff training as the team leader it was
my job to prioritize the tasks based on
importance and deliver each one to the
required standard I achieved this by
planning my week well ahead of schedule
setting targets and deadlines for each
team member and by also holding weekly
meetings to assess progress and to also
provide support and solutions when
needed each task was completed
successfully and I feel this was a Qi
due to proper planning and by each team
member taking personal responsibility
for their part of the task so again
really solid ants and you notice that
these are all evidence-based responses
okay
evidence you're providing proof of what
you can do within that role here we go
next question describe a time when you
motivated an underperforming member of a
team a really really common and team
leader interview question let's get into
the answer straightaway here we go a few
years ago I joined a new team and one of
the first tasks I undertook was to carry
out appraisals with each team member one
team member in particular appeared
disinterested and his attitude towards
the team goals was poor I started off by
trying to get to know what motivated him
by asking probing questions it soon
became clear that his skills and more
importantly his key strengths were not
being utilized I immediately assigned
him to a new project that was based on
his strength and skill set I also gave
him responsibility for overseeing the
delivery of that particular project I
immediately noticed a difference in his
behavior and performance after four
weeks he had completed the task
successfully in fact he delivered the
task two weeks ahead of schedule he went
on to be an outstanding team member as a
team leader it is my responsibility to
empower and motivate staff and I would
achieve this by getting to know them
individually and aligning tasks with
their core strengths okay next question
tell me about a time when you made a
difficult decision as a team leader so
remember one of the competencies is
decision-making skills so this is a
situational behavioral type question
where you have to give a situation of
when you made a difficult decision here
we go here's my suggested answer I once
joined a team and part of my brief was
to improve their performance as they had
been missing targets and deadlines after
conducting an initial appraisal and
assessment of the team I thought one of
the senior team members a man called
Andrew had been we who had been within
that particular team for many years was
not performing to the required standard
I felt he was mainly responsible for the
lack of performance due to other team
members being influenced by him in order
to get things back on track
I took Andrew out of the role he was in
and replaced him with a number another
member of the team who was hungry
enthusiastic and came to impress
naturally Andrew was
very disappointed but I felt this was
the right decision for the interests of
the team and the wider organizational
goals in order to motivate Andrew I
asked him to work as my assistant
developing internal project plans and
targets that way I could spend time
motivating him and learning more about
his key strengths and skills the
decision whilst initially unpopular
proved to be the right one
I would never shy away from making
difficult decisions the organization
will always come first over individuals
within a team so that's a great solid
answer when you made a difficult
decision as a team leader and remember I
mentioned at the beginning you have to
have the courage and skills to make
those hard decisions here's a really
good question for your team leader
interview describe your leadership style
- what style of leadership are you
here's my answer I would say my style of
leadership is a combination of
transformational and strategic with the
right amount of autocratic demands
I am transformational because I feel I
can turn an underperforming team around
relatively quickly and I do this by
playing to people's strengths and using
positive motivational techniques
I am strategic because I understand and
fully buy into my employers goals and
targets without these goals and targets
the company would not thrive and I would
not have a job I'm also autocratic when
needed which means I set high standards
of my team and I expect them to meet
their targets that would form part of
their appraisal so whilst I am NOT one
particular style of leader I feel I
could draw on a number of different
strengths and styles to suit a team and
also to meet my employers long-term
goals ok if you would like more team
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