hello there my name is Richard McMunn
from the interview training company past
my interview comm and in this tutorial
I'm gonna teach you how to pass a
leadership interview and in particular
we're gonna focus on leadership
competencies interview questions and
answers now it does not matter what kind
of leadership interview you have coming
up you are going to be assessed against
a number of competencies so within this
tutorial I'm gonna tell you what those
competencies are and then provide you
with some sample interview questions and
solid answers to make sure you pass so
please do watch it from beginning to end
now before I get into those tips the
questions and answers a very warm
welcome to this tutorial as I say my
name is Richard McMunn that's me there
in the center I've been helping people
for many years to pass their interviews
I love doing it I'm very passionate
about it I used to work as a fire
officer for about 17 years and I was
involved in the creation and assessment
of competencies so please do watch this
video from beginning to end because I'm
going to give you some high scoring
leadership competencies answers to those
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an important tip to make sure that you
pass your leadership interview now
competencies that you will be assessed
against they are a set of assessable
skills qualities and attributes and they
ensure that you can perform the
leadership and management role to the
necessary standard ok so you have to
provide strong solid responses to them
so when attending any form of leadership
competency interview it is absolutely
vital you not only identify the
competencies that are being assessed but
that you also provide solid evidence
based answers of how you match each and
every one of them so in preparation for
your interview make sure you get a copy
of the job description and the person
specification and have a look at the
competencies now the more common type of
leadership competencies include being
able to manage and lead people an
absolute obvious one so you are able to
lead manage and motivate and inspire a
team to be the best that
can be delegation is another core
leadership competency and that's the
skill of allocating tasks to key
individual team members based on their
strengths and their abilities you
obviously have to be an effective
communicator so being able to
communicate effectively both in verbally
and also in writing with team members
with the senior management team and also
external clients and stakeholders a
couple more decision-making skills so
you have to be capable of making tough
and difficult decisions you have to be a
good negotiator and be able to persuade
individuals to work towards your goals
and objectives and finally two more
before we come on to those questions
emotional intelligence which is using
the appropriate levels of empathy when
needed and also interpersonal skills
being able to communicate and take the
appropriate action when dealing with a
variety of individuals and teams from
diverse situations and background so
let's explore a number of competency
leadership competency interview
questions and those all-important strong
answers that I believe will score very
highly during any any leadership
interview question number one tell me
about a time at work when something went
wrong and you took control so this is
assessing your ability to lead to manage
to take responsibility and also make
effective decisions but there is also
the competency of problem-solving in
there too so they're all in to
intertwine so tell me about a time at
work when something went wrong and you
took control here we go I was working on
a project with four other team members
and I felt the project deadlines were in
danger of being missed having analyzed
the project timelines and the milestone
target dates that had been set it was
becoming apparent to me that we were
going to miss them because a small
number of team members were not in my
opinion doing the work they were
supposed to I decided to take control as
I was passionate about the project and I
knew the consequences would not be good
if we failed to deliver the project on
time I called a team meeting and I
express my concerns in an open and
positive manner
I used facts to explain my concerns and
also suggested a plan of action for
getting things back on track now without
identifying specific individuals who
were at fault I
focused the suggesting plan of action on
the wider team efforts and made sure we
all took responsibility for the project
moving forward although it was an
awkward meeting everyone agreed to my
plan and after four weeks of hard work
we managed to get the project over the
finishing line and to the required
standard now that's a great answer that
anybody could use it's in depth it uses
the star technique of situation task
action result and you have taken
responsibility but more importantly
you've identified that there's an issue
and you've taken control of it that's a
great answer by the way Alto we can
download these answers and and the
questions as well as we progress through
the tutorial next question describe the
toughest team you've ever managed why
were they so difficult to manage and
what did you do to turn things around so
here's my suggested answer I joined a
team a few years ago whilst working for
a new and innovative organization a team
had been put in place who were all full
of fresh ideas and talent and it was my
job to manage the team towards achieving
the organization's objectives the team
was particularly difficult to manage
because there were so many intelligent
and thews a stick and innovative people
who all wanted to lead the team in their
own direction now whilst I did not want
to stifle creativeness or hunger I had
to take control and lead the team
towards my own goals and my own
objectives now I achieved this by
initially holding meetings both for the
start of the week and also towards the
end I set clear meeting objectives each
time we met and I held each person
accountable for their specific roles and
by spending time with each team member
twice a week I was eventually able to
establish full control of the team and
ensure that we were all working towards
my own agenda I feel I have the correct
qualities and leadership attributes to
lead the most difficult of teams and I
would never shy away from a difficult
leadership challenge whenever it
presents itself so another real solid
answer to that question that
demonstrates you can take control and
you can manage a tough team next
question how would you develop a team to
get the most out of them so this is
assessing your leadership and your
management abilities also being able to
delegate tasks responsibilities
responsibly so here's my suggest
answer I would develop the team by using
a four stage process stage one would
involve clearly defining the
organizational objectives and where I
needed the team to be within a set
period of time Stage two would involve
conducting appraisals of each team
member to identify their strengths their
weaknesses their career aspirations what
they needed from me in order to achieve
the organizational objectives stage
three would involve providing
appropriate training guidance and
support to help the team achieve their
goals and objectives finally the next
stage would involve a periodic review
process to look at what we have learnt
as a team from the actions we have taken
in order to allow us to continually
improve and develop collectively so that
is a great answer that shows that you
know exactly what you're going to do now
I'm gonna go on to another question the
second so please stick around but if you
look at that link right there in the top
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it will take you to my website where you
can download a full set of the
leadership competencies interview
questions and full answers to help you
pass your interview and I promise you if
you download them they will make a
significant difference to your
performance at the interview next
question describe a time when you
delegate it effectively so delegation
skills is one particular leadership
competency in here's my suggested answer
in a previous role I was managing a team
of people who had a wide range of skills
qualities and experience I was tasked by
my senior director to manage an
important office move there was due to
take place in two weeks time basically
the office was moving to a new larger
office the other side of town I started
off by creating a plan of what needed to
be done I identified four specific areas
I would need to delegate the four areas
were number one the logistical movie
itself number two the IT infrastructure
crossover number three the
communications aspect have led in all
clients know that we would be
unavailable on the day of the move and
finally number four the updating of all
records data and information with our
new contacts and address details I then
set about deciding which team members
had the most appropriate skills to
deliver each task professionally and
accurately I then held an intense
meeting with all four members and laid
down clear objectives of what needed to
be done and by what timeframe
each team member
went away and reported back to me once
the task was complete I feel the best
way to delegate effectively is to create
a clear plan of action and to delegate
tasks based on individuals who have the
highest levels of competence within your
team a great response it's situational
based so you're given a specific answer
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