Interview soft skill questions

softskill.txt

Original Source: https://deanhume.com/my-favourite-soft-skills-interview-questions/

Questions such as:

Why are you leaving your old workplace?
Why are you interested in working here?
How would your colleagues describe you if I asked them to tell me about you?
What criticisms or strengths might they mention?
Do you have any goals that you would like to achieve in the next few years?
What made you want to be an [insert role here]?
What was the last book that you read?
Do you have any personal projects?
What frustrates you at work?
Tell me about a time when you had a difficult working relationship with someone at work - how did you handle it?
When do you consider a piece of work to be finished?
What do you think of TDD?
Do you like it - why or why not?
What’s the worst technical mistake that you’ve made? Or maybe the “best” outage you’ve ever been part of?
What do you think is the best way to collaborate on a project?
Imagine that you are in the middle of a development cycle and there is a major change in the functionality of a feature that you have been working on. How do you respond? What questions do you ask?
What do you do when someone in your team strongly disagrees with you?How do you ensure your opinion is heard?
How do you ensure you hear others opinions?