Management :: Team Lead Job Interview Questions and Answers

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1 Explain what are vital Contingency plans a team lead must take care?
2 How to conduct the team appraisals? Outline the process and parameters?
3 Tell me what are the communication methods you followed within team and to client?
4 Tell me how you estimate your project / task end dates and then monitor them to ensure that dead lines are met?
5 Explain what steps must a team lead take to focus the skills of team members to higher authorities?
6 What is Self-managed team leadership?
7 In your team one member is very rude how do you handle this guy?One to one meeting has done three times, till the guy is very rude, what is your next step?
8 Explain what are the weakest qualities or attributes a team leader should avoid definitely?
9 Tell me how can a team lead keep the team organized to meet deadlines or goals?
10 How you are going to be a or become a role model of you team?
11 At a time two high priority (S1) tickets in you bin, only one engineer is available in this situations , what is your solutions for in this situation? (Here no chance to call other engineer and you are not at all technical guy)
12 Ticket is Severity 1 and it is very critical one, your team members they not able to resolve the issue and you are the least person to solve a problem? How do you resolve the issue?
13 What is RCA (Root Cause Analysis ) when you are going to ask RCA from Your team member? Explain the process?
14 What is service quality? How do you improve your team members service quality?
15 Please explain how to resolve team conflicts in your team?
16 What tactics you apply to develop the leadership skills?
17 Should a team lead involve himself in testing when he is available? Will it downgrade his/her position before the fellow team members?
18 As a team lead How will you handle a situation where an employee frequently takes unplanned leaves?
19 How to Test Estimation for the Project?
20 What are the challenges you face while leading the team?
21 As a team lead how do you enforce priority on a group member when he feels that the other thing is more important than the first?
22 How should a team lead handle a team member who always gives defensive response?
23 Explain what are the attributes that make a good team leader?
24 What are the approaches or methods by which guidance to team members is given by team lead?
25 How to resolve if there is problem between your Team member and get work done?
26 What is Label in configuration management? how VSS keep tracks of versions?
27 Tell me how should a team lead play as a good team player?
28 How to priories the work of your office and staff?
29 What are the training methodologies a team leader must take to educate a team?
30 Can you explain a scenario where you go in Win-Win situation or tell scenario where you provide a solution by which client and your team was Happy?
31 Tell me how is the effectiveness of a team measured by team lead?
32 Explain how must the team leader play the role of learner to benefit a team?
33 Explain STLC lifecylce?
34 What is difference between smoke and sanity testing with example?
35 Tell me why used simulation in software/developing/Testing and what is difference between and LMS?
36 What are the Core skills needed for Team Lead?
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38 Can you please explain are you self motivated and a self starter?
39 An executive in the team is absconding for 10 days and did not inform his team leader. He text his leader on 11th day that he is unwell but when TL tried calling him back, he did not respond. After 1 week, he came back to office with a medical certificate. How should the TL handle this situation?
40 Explain difference between Abstract class and interface in detail with live example?
41 How to convert excel data to SQL data?
42 What are the attributes a team leader must look for while selecting members for their team?
43 In multiple Test Module, what is needed to be done is defect is affecting two separate Test Cases?
44 How project or team leader differs from Manager with respect to project management?
45 How does a team lead identify performance problems and solve the same among their team members?
46 Tell me as a team lead how do you pacify an angry client?
47 Explain how to lead a team in new functional area, in which your do not have full understanding ? How do you measure the objectives and team members outputs?
48 How to control attrition when you are a team lead?
49 How do you evaluate your team member performance and what are the parameters you are going to take in this scenario?
50 How do you know your department or your team is performing well?
51 What steps must a team leader take to motivate the team?
52 What is purpose of audits and why the companies go for standards?
53 One of the team member trying to by-pass the team leader for becoming team leader? How will you handle him?
54 Which was the most embarrassing moment you had with a Client. Any time you have faced a situation with the client where the client was not agreeing with you. How did you react?
55 How will the deliverable be measured in terms of time to be spent?
56 How have you demonstrated leadership in your current position?
57 If a lead is not happy with the supervisor/manager, is it advisable to talk to his/her supervisor or is there any other option?
58 What you will do if the people in your team doesnt accept you because they are quiet old in the project?
59 Why is people management attribute very important for a team lead?
60 What are the Leadership Styles a good team leader must follow?
61 What you will do when you have 4 members team and two person need leave for the marriage purpose?
62 As a Team Lead how do you deal with the toughest group and get their cooperation?
63 What challenges did you face stepping into a leadership role?
64 What are the important responsibilities of Team Leaders?
65 If conflict arises between two people how will solve that. If one person is overlooking into others job how to deal with such type of people?
66 Generally, how would you describe the way you influence others?
67 Tell me how do I work constructively as a leader of a multi skilled team?
68 What will you do if your team members do not like you?
69 How important is leadership and communication skill plays part in a team leader role?
70 Describe an occasion when you have tailored your communication style to deal with a particular situation within your teamWhy was it necessary? What was the other persons role? What did you need to take into consideration? How did you tailor your approach? what was the outcome?
71 Describe a time when you have set objectives and correlating incentives for a member of your teamWhat were you trying to achieve in doing this, what were the objectives? How did you choose the incentives? How did you go about implementing this?

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