Listening Skills Interview Preparation Guide
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18 Listening Skills Questions and Answers:

1 :: Describe an incident when you had to listen attentively in order to act quickly enough to meet a deadline?

Answer should show that applicant has good listening skills and that they are a dependable person who responds accurately to the central issues.

2 :: Relate an occasion when you withheld your own opinion, and tried to obtain the opinion of others, and why was this action important?

Applicant should know that as a team player the views of others are important. The ideology of the phrase “There is no ‘I’ in team” should be represented. Ego and/or narcissism should not be a trait applicant expresses.

3 :: Are you capable of getting to the bottom of a situation, when some one is incapable of communicating what they really mean? If so how do you achieve this?

Applicant should be able to understand work-related language, be able determine what a co-worker is trying to say, and be intuitive in recognizing human emotions.

4 :: Give an example of a time when you had to ask direct questions to bring out diverse opinions on a central issue?

Job seeker should have the skills to convince others to fully participate in a discussion and help them expand on their ideas.

5 :: How do you deal with situations when others are finding it hard to communicate effectively with you?

Candidate should have the ability to use their listening and interviewing skills to clarify issues and make points easier to understand. They should be able to influence the conversation in a way that allows other people to effectively communicate; should not be impatient.

6 :: What do you do when someone is deliberately giving you vague, dissembling, or even obstructive information, which hinders your ability to complete a task?

Applicant’s should be capable of determining what information is correct. By clarifying with a superior or researching they work around the obstruction. They should try to bring the conversation to a satisfactory conclusion, but always have the best interests of the company in mind.

7 :: Tell me when was last time that you volunteered to expand your knowledge at work, as opposed to being directed to do so?

Candidate should demonstrate a level of personal enterprise and initiative to acquire work knowledge voluntarily.

8 :: Tell me when did you last acquire effective knowledge in your own time and how can you apply this towards your career?

Candidate should display an aptitude for personal growth by independently learning and should be prepared to utilize that knowledge in multi-lateral ways.

9 :: When was the last seminar you attended? How did you apply this new-found knowledge towards your work?

Candidate should demonstrate a real commitment to formal education, as well as the ability and imagination to apply these new concepts directly within the work place.

10 :: What did you learn from recent mistake and in what areas can you utilize that knowledge in the future?

Candidate should display a level of adaptability and be able to apply learning in a resourceful and innovative manner. Candidate should be able to able to acquire knowledge from errors as well as triumphs.