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Standard competency based interview questions: decision making competencies - creativity 16/08/2011

Creativity - ability to come up with imaginative solutions in business situations. Innovative. Identifies radical alternatives to traditional methods/approaches.

Standard competency based interview questions: decision making competencies - creativity

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  1. Question 1
  2. Question 2
  3. Question 3
  4. Question 4
  5. Question 5
  6. Question 6
  7. Question 7

Question 1

Can you think of a recent problem in which old solutions wouldn’t work? How did you solve the problem?

Question 2

What is the most imaginative or innovative task you have done in your present position?

Question 3

Do you sometimes see a way of doing something better when other people seem to be floundering or casting about?

Question 4

Tell me about a new business idea that you have had in the last twelve months?

Question 5

What kinds of problems have people recently called on you to solve? Tell me about what you have devised?

Question 6

Describe the last problem in your organisation that was solved in a highly imaginative manner. What part did you play?

Question 7

What do you do differently from your predecessors in your present position?

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