opinion? If so, how? What was the result? Fiscal Proposes budgets that are Tell me about a time when you Responsibility consistent with the developed a budget that aligned with University’s annual plan and your organization’s overall fiscal plan. financial goals. How did you go about doing this? Identifies measures to Give me an example of a time you were increase revenues and/or with the challenge of identifying reduce expenses, as ways to increase revenues and reduce appropriate. expenses for your team’s budget. Monitors staff utilization of Tell me how you go about ensuring that resources for compliance your team members stay within the within parameters of unit’s given fiscal year’s budget. Give me an budget and University example of a tool that you use to do financial policies and this. procedures. Leadership Description Sample Behavioral Interview Questions Competencies visionary and Establishes and Describe a previous organization’s strategic communicates a vision and mission and vision for me. How did you thinking strategy for area, in go about ensuring that your team’s support of the University’s vision and strategy aligned with the mission, vision, and strategic overall organizational mission? plan. What do you do to align your staff’s Aligns staff performance performance goals to your goals to the vision. organization’s vision? Can you describe Anticipates future needs and specific steps you have taken in the trends and pursues new past to guarantee this? opportunities within the How do you go about obtaining the context of the strategy. needed information to identify the key Prioritizes strategic issues and relationships relevant to opportunities. developing and achieving a long term Identifies and works to vision? Can you give me an example? remove obstacles to Tell me about a time recently when you achieving strategic goals. had to make a strategic decision. What factors impacted this decision? What was the outcome?
opinion? If so, how? What was the result? Fiscal Responsibility Proposes budgets that are consistent with the University’s annual plan and financial goals. Identifies measures to increase revenues and/or reduce expenses, as appropriate. Monitors staff utilization of resources for compliance within parameters of unit’s budget and University financial policies and procedures. Tell me about a time when you developed a budget that aligned with your organization’s overall fiscal plan. How did you go about doing this? Give me an example of a time you were with the challenge of identifying ways to increase revenues and reduce expenses for your team’s budget. Tell me how you go about ensuring that your team members stay within the given fiscal year’s budget. Give me an example of a tool that you use to do this. Leadership Competencies Description Sample Behavioral Interview Questions visionary and strategic thinking Establishes and communicates a vision and strategy for area, in support of the University’s mission, vision, and strategic plan. Aligns staff performance goals to the vision. Anticipates future needs and trends and pursues new opportunities within the context of the strategy. Prioritizes strategic opportunities. Identifies and works to remove obstacles to achieving strategic goals. Describe a previous organization’s mission and vision for me. How did you go about ensuring that your team’s vision and strategy aligned with the overall organizational mission? What do you do to align your staff’s performance goals to your organization’s vision? Can you describe specific steps you have taken in the past to guarantee this? How do you go about obtaining the needed information to identify the key issues and relationships relevant to developing and achieving a long term vision? Can you give me an example? Tell me about a time recently when you had to make a strategic decision. What factors impacted this decision? What was the outcome?
pace-university-behavioral-interview-questions-competency.docx