It’s important to note that when you ask these questions, it’s vital to ensure they are fully answered so that you get complete behavioral examples. We recommend using the SCOPE Model. If a candidate doesn’t complete components of SCOPE for a given question, ask a follow-up question to get the information you need. For the full blog: https://bit.ly/2SYmMKY

1. 16 Favorite
Behavioral
Interview
Questions
FOR TECHNICAL ROLES

2. #1
Describe the most challenging network
issue you took the lead to solve,
including what made it challenging,
your initial plan of action, how you
adapted that plan to improve the
result, and the outcome of your effort.
Please use the whiteboard to
draw the network topology.

3. Tell me about your most valuable
success with using remote monitoring
software in one of your past projects.
Which software were you using?
Describe the most stubborn difficulties
you faced and how you overcame
them.
#2

4. Please tell me what version of Hadoop
you have used, which tools in the
Hadoop stack were utilized, and the
size of data from your largest
implementation in terms of GB/TB/PB.
#3

5. WHAT IS YOUR “GO TO” IDE
(INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT) AND WHY?
Be sure to include at least two
examples from past projects.
#4

6. About how many times have you used
LucidChart?
What percent of the time do you use
LucidChart vs.traditional Visio?
Any other charting tool you rely on?
Tell me about the most successful instance
where you used LucidChart, Visio, or some
other diagramming tool to clarify a
complex set of entities and relationships.
#5

7. Give me your best example of using Puppet,
and describe any difficulties you faced.
On reflection, what measures could you have
taken to minimize the difficulties with this
configuration management software?
Tell me about the configuration assignment
where you put what you learned to best use.
#6

8. As you know, the job position requires the
candidate with experience in MongoDB.
Please describe two projects/assignments where
you use of MongoDB was most helpful for
achieving overall system objectives?
Did anyone comment on your DB? Who? What did
they say?
#7

9. Which three projects
best demonstrate your
skill level with Ruby on
Rails development?
Please demonstrate using
the built-in code editor.
#8

10. Explain how you made the best use of
Mysql in the context of a project you
received positive compliments.
#9

11. TELL ME ABOUT THE MOST
PUZZLING PROGRAMMING
CHALLENGE YOU SOLVED
OVER THE PAST YEAR.
HOW DID YOU TACKLE IT?
HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY
THE SUCCESS ACHIEVED?
#10

12. Describe the most
critical advantages
of Oracle Java over
C++.
#11

13. TELL ME ABOUT THE SCRIPTING
LANGUAGE YOU LEARNED THAT
HAS BEEN MOST USEFUL FOR
YOU.
Please include how you decided to learn
this language, the steps that went about
learning the language (include
timeframes), and describe your best
application of that language to a project
that delivered strong end-user value.
#12

14. Tell me about the step by step details of project with
company XYZ.
(Pick a project that you found relevant from their
resume or their response to a warm-up question.)
#13

15. WHEN HAVE YOU WORKED
WITH POWERBUILDER?
DESCRIBE WHAT EFFICIENCIES IT PROVIDES FOR
DATABASE-DRIVEN BUSINESS APPLICATIONS AND
ELABORATE ON YOUR MOST COMPLEX PROJECT
LEVERAGING POWERBUILDER.
#14

16. Describe a problem that you faced
during go-live of an Inventory &
Warehouse Management system.
Please give me an example
detailing how you managed
changes or change requests to the
system, as the ERP system
administrator.
#15

17. Your resume indicates you’re experienced with
NetBackup.
Share with me the latest version you’ve utilized
and its main features, along with the operating
systems and server platform types you were
backing up.
#16