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Standard competency based interview questions: decision making competencies - creativity 16/08/2011
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Creativity - ability to come up with imaginative solutions in business situations. Innovative. Identifies radical alternatives to traditional methods/approaches.
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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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