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Internal Candidate Interview Questions for

Management Skills

1. In your current role, I heard that you managed project X. Tell me about
this project. Who was involved? How did you assign responsibilities /
allocate resources? What went well with the project? What’s one thing
you would do differently if you could do it all over again?

2. In your current role, have you been in any situations where you
would be described as a leader? How would your peers describe
your leadership skills?

3. If promoted to this new role, what would your ideal team structure
be? How would you manage communication and collaboration on
projects?

4. How would your peers describe your management style?

5. What are the traits you think are most important to be a good
manager/leader?

6. What areas do you think you need to work on most to be an


effective leader at our company?
Internal Candidate Interview Questions to Assess Past
History With the Team / Communication
An important factor in deciding to promote / hire an internal candidate, is learning how
they communicated and collaborated with the rest of their team and other members of
the company.

1. Which members of your department did you work with directly? What
was the scope of the work? What was key to working with your team
successfully?

2. Have you ever worked across departments at our company? With which
teams? How would you describe your communication and
collaboration?

3. Have you ever had any communication issues with anyone on the
team? What would you do differently to ensure successful collaboration
in the future?

4. Were you ever given any unclear directions for tasks/projects? What
steps did you take to ensure you were doing the correct work to the
specifications of the project? Looking back, is there anything you would
do differently?

5. Tell me about a project that did not go smoothly. What were the issues?
How did you address these with the team/peer/manager? What was the
outcome? What would you do differently if given the chance?
Internal Candidate Interview Questions to Assess Past
Performance
The great thing about interviewing internal candidates, is you have an entire track for
past performance and the references available to back it up. You can quickly learn
about your internal candidate, how they performed, and if they are “right” for the role.

1. I’ve heard you worked on project X with [name]. Can you tell me about
this project? What do you think were the main reasons for its success?

2. It was mentioned that you missed a couple of project deadlines during


X. What were the reasons for this?

3. What was the most challenging project that you’ve worked on with our
company? What specifically was challenging? How do you think the
project could have been run to make it less difficult?

4. Please describe your favorite project that you’ve been a part of our
company. What made this project great? Was it successful?If you
could go back in time, is there anything you would change about
your contribution?

5. Do you think your peers would have anything negative to say


about your work? Which projects in particular do you think you
could have done better in hindsight?

6. What do you think are the areas you have grown in the most
during your tenure at our company? Which areas do you think you
still have an opportunity to improve?

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