First, we will look at some common challenges in the interview for first management positions:
- To understand and own the experience you have
- Presenting your experience and abilities with clearly and confidence
- “Talk Conduct”: Prove your skills through your behavior in the interview process
- “Talking”: Speaking of the language of the administration
- Like a leader
In this post we will examine the first two items on this list. Let's look at the other three in the following post.
Understand the experience you have.
Perhaps you have never hired people, they have never written their values or made order decisions. Nevertheless, you have the opportunity to have a relevant experience as the following:
- Managing a plan.
- Take initiative to solve problems or improve processes.
- Orientation and guidance of new employees.
- Guidance or training for any employee.
- They fill out when the manager was out.
- Cooperate in interviewing and evaluating work candidates.
- Format or adjust the workpiece or tables.
- Monitoring and reporting the performance other than your own.
- Participation in strategic planning.
- Forecast revenue, freight requirements or any other aspect of business.
- Providing presentations to management or employees.
- Easy a training or other activity (for this you need to manage the group).
- By promoting the content of the group, for example, the development of the culture.
What did you see that list you did? Get ready to explain how you did it and how it benefited for your team. “I am good in doing X” is not enough. Which ways are you better? What results have you received?
Put up your experience and skills effectively through storytelling.
Think about a situation when you use these skills successfully. What did you do to make a good result? Storytelling is important for a useful interview.
If you get caught, sometimes it helps you ask yourself, “How would the less talented person deal with the situation?” For example, you can say that you helped to solve a conflict between the two teams. They may have tried to solve the room, resulting in a shouting competition or silence. But instead, you spoke to each of them personally, clarified the situation and potential solutions, and then brought them together. What did you say to them? How did you hear? How did they respond?
Prepare your stories using such structure The star or above So you are ready to provide the best answers to the behavior interview questions. In the process, you can notice common themes. For example, you may have the ability to help people look at problems in the new way. Or you may have helped people to advance towards their long -term career goals. Knowing what you are particularly good can make you memorable, and help you distinguish yourself from other candidates.
For more tips, read my post “How to answer behavior questions for managers.”
Get ready for management interview questions.
In addition to the behavior questions you answer with stories, you would like to plan your best answers to such questions:
- Do you have a management experience? How many years?
- Why do you like the management character?
- What are the most important qualities of a good leader?
- What qualities do you find in hiring a new team member?
- How do you manage the efficient team member?
- How do you raise the exceptionally talented employee?
- Tell me about your contact/decision -making/leadership style.
- Did you guide other employees or trained? Tell me how you went about it and the results.
- Do you lead the meetings? Tell me how you are ready for a useful meeting.
- How would you describe the culture in your business segment?
- How did you support your company's values and culture?
- What does diversity mean to you?
- Where do you see you in five years?
- What is your salary expectation?
There's still a lot! Look Part 2 “How to Interview Your First Administrative Status,” In this, I am providing powerful tips to help you to “talk” and look like a leader. (This post was first released and updated in 2022.)
