[Michlib-l] COMPILED Interview Questions List

[Kari Besancon]

This is SUCH a great list of questions! Thank you to everyone who gave 
me input!  Here is the compiled list for your use and enjoyment!


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Describe a situation where you had to learn a new skill or technology 
quickly. How did you go about it, and what was the outcome?

How comfortable are you with using social media professionally?

Being organized is essential for this position. How do you prioritize 
your work when you have multiple deadlines to meet and what tools do you 
use to stay organized?

How do you ensure that you maintain a high level of quality in your 
work, even when facing interruptions, time constraints, or pressure?

Can you tell me about a time when you faced a significant challenge or 
failure at work? How did you approach it, and what did you learn from 
the experience?

Patron privacy is absolutely essential to our organization. How do you 
ensure confidentiality and integrity while completing your task?

What do inclusion and diversity mean to you?

Can you describe a time when you had to work with a difficult patron 
(student, customer, client) colleague, manager? How did you handle the 
situation while maintaining professionalism and productivity?

Tell me about a time when you had to adapt to changes in a project or 
work environment? How did you manage the transition while staying 
focused on achieving your goals?
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Additional Questions to consider adding:

1.Think of an instance when something you had planned went wrong. What 
did you do?

2.Think of a day when you left work feeling that it had been a great 
day.  Why?

3.Our mission is [your mission here]; tell us how you interpret that and 
how your work would support it.

4.We value inclusion; tell us what that means to you.

5.If you could be any character, from any book/movie, who would you be 
and why?

(You can justify this question by asking more specifically about the 
characteristics traits they identify with and how they'd handle the 
characters weaknesses.)

It's a broadened/librarian version of the "What Disney character would 
you be?"

6.We now require anyone who will be doing Children's work-- esp forward 
facing work like leading storytimes or Crafts-- to bring us a prepared 
storytime: Theme, opening, stories (choose at least 3 books)1-2 
songs/actions/fingerplays, and a craft idea, with a materials list and 
example of how it would be set up and executed. They must also explain 
how their choices reflect the theme.

7.We also take the question about a program with an unlimited budget and 
then ask how they would scale it with a minimal budget. – Diane McKee 
also attached two excellent lists of questions.

8.You are on the library trivia team- what area of expertise do you 
bring to the table?

9.Katie Ester posted this AMAZING resource she got from the Facebook 
group for library directors 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N9segNyNeOssPYqfZ1pacKEHYDPpETKI00lHW_ppJF0/htmlview?fbclid=IwAR2PG7EffZlEknVUL1REO9Ufg91ocOA0tMLyxQPi_S0I6uIXF2cFTeiTU3s

10.How do you feel about glitter?

11.What advice would you give to your former boss?

12.What do you feel is one of the biggest challenges facing public 
libraries today?

13.What is the difference between management and leadership?


-- 
Kari Besancon (Bə-sank’-in), MLIS District Director
Iosco-Arenac District Library
zv323
989-362-2651
k.besancon at vlc.lib.mi.us
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