Structure of Behavioral Interview

Discussion

300 Words for the first post, and 100 words for all three replies. Make sure to add the names in your replies!

This week’s Discussion Board is designed to simulate an interactive online interview with your classmates. The goal is to engage in a dynamic and meaningful conversation that mirrors the structure of a behavioral interview. Here’s what you need to do:
Primary Post:
• Write a Behavioral Interview Question: Start by crafting a behavioral interview question. Behavioral interview questions typically start with phrases like “Tell me about a time when…” or “Give me an example of…” and are designed to assess how you’ve handled situations in the past.
• Provide Your Answer: After posting your question, answer it as if you were in an actual interview. Be thorough in your response, providing specific examples, and detailing the situation, your actions, and the outcomes.
Secondary Posts:
• Probes on Classmates’ Answers: For your secondary posts, read your classmates’ answers to their behavioral interview questions. Respond with substantive probes—these are follow-up questions that dig deeper into their responses. For example, you might ask for more details about their decision-making process or inquire about what they learned from the experience.
• Respond to Follow-Up Probes: Additionally, when classmates respond to your primary post with their probes, be sure to answer them thoughtfully. This back-and-forth exchange is key to creating an interactive and engaging discussion, similar to a real interview.
Key Points to Remember:
• Engagement: The purpose of this assignment is to foster a lively and in-depth discussion, so be sure to actively participate and respond to your classmates’ posts in a timely manner.
• Substance: Your posts should go beyond surface-level comments. Aim to explore the scenarios in detail, offering insights and reflections that demonstrate critical thinking.
• Professionalism: Treat this discussion as a professional interview. Your language and tone should be appropriate, and your responses should be well-considered and clear.
By the end of this assignment, you will have practiced not only answering behavioral interview questions but also critically engaging with others’ responses, a valuable skill in HR professional settings.

Tiffany B
Behavioral Interview Question:
We all have endured difficult conversations with our colleagues or superordinate’s. How have you navigated a difficult conversation at work, and what was the outcome?

Joy O

Tell me about a time that you have handle a situation that involves your resident refusing to take his prescribed medication and how you resolved it.
I work in a health care industry where I assist all residents in administering their daily medications in the community, there was a difficult situation I experienced few months ago, a resident refused taking his prescribed medications, that helps in managing his critical health conditions and this will put his health in serious risk, I knew it really needs urgent attention, and be addressed carefully.
I went to his apartment, talked to him calmly to understand his reasons of refusing his medications and he told me, it makes him dizzy and uncomfortable, I really know it needed to be taken care of, on time and carefully, I comforted him by telling him that his concern is our priority, and I called the charge nurse for the day to explain all that happened and his concern, if adjustment can be made to his medication plan.
The nurse on duty called his doctor and informed the doctor about the resident concern and adjustment was made on the dosage of his medications and the timing was also adjusted, I went to see the resident explained the changes to him and he felt relieved, happy and accept taking his medication as directed, by his doctor, and his health got better and additional complications was avoided, more trust and confident was developed on the medication aide.
This experience underlines the important of essential communication, empathy, and appropriate way of solving problems related to managing medication administration challenges.

Ukamaka N

Tell me a situation where you encountered a conflict and the steps you took to resolve it and explain how you have impacted your product owner’s decisions regarding the introduction of new items during the sprint.
Answer.
I collaborated with a product owner who frequently introduced new tasks during the sprint, which resulted in the development team facing challenges with multitasking and context switching. Consequently, the team struggled to meet deadlines and accumulated technical debt due to insufficient time for testing our developments. This situation led to a conflict between the team and the product owner, as the team felt they were being pulled in multiple directions while still expected to achieve the same delivery outcomes, creating tension within the group. To address this issue, I held a one-on-one discussion with the product owner to highlight the negative impact on the team. I emphasized that introducing new work mid-sprint should be an exception reserved for true emergencies. I proposed that if new items needed to be added during the sprint, they should replace lower-priority items from the sprint backlog. For instance, if the product owner wished to add four new tasks, we would need to remove an equivalent number of items from the backlog, based on the team’s collective agreement. It was also essential that the team reached a consensus on such decisions. The product owner and the team ultimately agreed to implement these changes. As a result, the product owner improved their planning and prioritization of tasks before bringing them to the team.