Answering Management Interview Questions: Communicate Wisdom in Action

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A friend of mine came up to me last Sunday at church and asked how I would answer an interview question since I’ve managed larger teams before. He was sitting in an interview for a senior-level position and was asked how he’d manage the team. Nothing more, nothing less. Just, “How would you manage the team?”

Well, that’s a curious question. How would you answer it?
Take a moment and think about how you’d answer that very vague question.

Now, when I ask vague questions - and I ask them all the time - I’m looking for the answer, but I’m also looking to see how the person is communicating their thought process.
What do they come up with on the spot?
What’s their answer off the top of their head?

So how did I answer? I thought out loud.
Every piece of wisdom in action is grounded in something you’ve learned. You might have learned it from experience or from someone else, like from a mentor or a book. Site your source. Show how you think. Then walk them through your decision-making process and timeline.

Senior leaders are looking for you to prove a few things:

• That you’re a leader people want to follow
• That you can be decisive in the face of not enough information
• And that you make the right decisions for the company, your team, your customers, and yourself.

So show that. Show wisdom in action.
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