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American Red Cross Mock Interview

To help you prepare for an American Red Cross job interview, here are 34 interview questions and answer examples.

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How do you handle an unhappy stakeholder?

Nonprofit employees will occasionally encounter an unsatisfied volunteer, donor, strategic partner, or community stakeholder. The interviewer wants to know that you handle yourself with professionalism and poise in the face of high-stress situations or environments.

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34 American Red Cross Interview Questions & Answers

Below is a list of our American Red Cross interview questions. Click on any interview question to view our answer advice and answer examples. You may view six answer examples before our paywall loads. Afterwards, you'll be asked to upgrade to view the rest of our answers.

  • Behavioral

    1. How do you handle an unhappy stakeholder?

  • Behavioral

    2. Please share a time in your teaching experience when things didn't go as planned. How did you respond?

  • Behavioral

    3. How do you approach establishing a baseline of understanding when you start working with new people?

  • Discovery

    4. Please share your experience familiarizing yourself with an office, organization, or chapter you have managed.

  • Discovery

    5. Why do you want to work for the American Red Cross?

  • Discovery

    6. Employees of the American Red Cross often work weekends and other nonstandard work hours for special events, blood drives, emergency situations, etc. Are you available to work these hours?

  • Discovery

    7. Are you comfortable working with bio-hazardous materials?

  • Discovery

    8. As this is a fundraising position, would you share with us the size of your previous portfolio? Please also detail your donor base, in-kind donations, major gifts, etc.

  • Discovery

    9. Share your experience targeting specific demographics for volunteer recruitment.

  • Discovery

    10. In your fundraising experience, have you worked more with corporate or individual donors?

  • Discovery

    11. The American Red Cross is a fast-paced environment where employees often juggle multiple projects and responsibilities. How do you handle stress on the job?

  • Discovery

    12. Are you applying for any other jobs?

  • Discovery

    13. Share your perspective on asking volunteers to not return to your organization.

  • Discovery

    14. In addition to its domestic programs, the Red Cross operates internationally. Describe your experiences working with culturally diverse groups.

  • Discovery

    15. Describe your experience and knowledge in the area of blood manufacturing.

  • Discovery

    16. What is your philosophy regarding work-life balance?

  • Discovery

    17. Do you have experience with writing grant proposals?

  • Management

    18. Thinking back to your program management experience, discuss a time when you supervised the expansion of a program.

  • Operational

    19. How do you manage your time during a professional presentation?

  • Operational

    20. Volunteers drive the work of the American Red Cross. How do you motivate and manage volunteers?

  • Operational

    21. Share a time when you have successfully procured a large gift and what strategy you employed to do so.

  • Operational

    22. Discuss a time when you discovered a problem in your team's or individual position's operational structure. How did you address the problem and overcome it?

  • Scenario

    23. How would you procure new sponsors for blood drives?

  • Scenario

    24. What would you do if there was extreme weather and you determined that your blood drive would have no attendees as a result?

  • Scenario

    25. How would you go about resolving a conflict between volunteers who are arguing?

  • Situational

    26. Have you ever had to express disagreement with a suggestion from a board member, chairperson, or an organizational leader?

  • Situational

    27. Tell me about a time your team members seemed to grasp a new concept, skill, technique, or process before you did.

  • Situational

    28. Talk about a situation where you had to alter your strategy in order to solve a problem.

  • Situational

    29. Talk about a situation where you were required to maintain a great amount of energy over a long period of time in order to complete a project.

  • Situational

    30. Have you ever been advised by a fellow employee or supervisor to lie about a situation? How did you handle this ethical dilemma?

  • Situational

    31. Manufacturing and testing blood is an important part of the work we do at the American Red Cross. Talk about a time where you encountered a problem while working in a lab and how you overcame it.

  • Technical

    32. Explain your skills and experience related to website and social media analytics?

  • Technical

    33. Describe your technical skills, specifically your computer knowledge and experience using Microsoft products.

  • Technical

    34. Talk about your experience maintaining records in a digital database.