Free Interview Questions - Inventiveness
Behavioral Based Interviews Free Interview Questions
Nov 10, 2008
It can be a bit of a challenge to find, create and/or write your own job interview questions, especially when your mind is focused more on getting the help you need, rather than the process that will get you there. Therefore, this list of free interview questions is intended to save you time and money, giving you a list you can edit for your own purposes, or copy and paste and use as-is. Also, if you are looking for other free interview questions for behavioral job interviews, make sure to scroll down to the bottom of this page for links to a more comprehensive list.
Sample Job Interview Questions to Determine a Job Candidate's Inventiveness, Innovation and Creativity
- Tell me about a problem that you've solved in an unusual or creative way.
- Give me the details of the most innovative or inventive program/service you've created, developed, implemented or collaborated upon.
- Discuss with me the riskiest venture you've ever taken on, and why or why not it succeeded.
- Share with me a time when you came up with an innovative, creative or inventive way of solving a long-standing problem.
- Describe the most creative project you've finished. What was the process? In the end, what happened?
- Give me an example of a time when you explored new ways of thinking that benefited the group or organization you were working with.
- Have you ever had to get creative to meet a deadline, finish a project or get something done? Tell me about it. What specifically made it creative?
- Tell me about a time when your inventiveness, creativity or innovative processes didn't help you in the long run, or failed. What happened, and why?
- Discuss with me the ways in which you've creatively helped others learn a task, concept or idea. How did your innovative input specifically assist the other person?
- Give me an example of a time when you and your team worked together to invent a new organizational process.
- What creative ways do you use to motivate yourself (or others) to accomplish a task you're unhappy about or don't want to do?
- Describe to me what you think creativity, innovation or inventiveness is, and how you've enhanced or created it in your workplace. Give concrete examples.
More Information on Behavioral Interview Questions
As this article is one in a series about behavioral interviewing, you may need more information (or questions) that a short piece of writing cannot grant you. With that in mind, these resources may be of assistance:
- What Is A Behavioral Interview? - Includes list of ALL sample behavioral competencies, with free sample interview questions for each
- Different Types of Interview Techniques
- Sample Interview Questions
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