1. Tell me about some of your proudest accomplishments.
2. How do you feel about having to travel for work?
3. Are you willing to work in excess of eight hours a day or in excess of 40 hours in a given week, including weekends and holidays, and under stressful, physically demanding, and austere conditions?
4. How would you respond to witnessing a member of your team engaging in unethical conduct?
5. What would you aim to accomplish in your first few of weeks on the job?
6. Are you more interested in a Permanent Full Time position, Reservists position, or an On-Call Response/Recovery position?
7. Tell me why you are the right fit for FEMA.
8. Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
9. Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated to someone in simpler terms.
10. Tell me about your communication skills.
11. What have you done to understand and reduce your natural hazard risk?
12. What is your ethos?
13. Do you perform any volunteer work?
14. What does integrity mean to you?
15. What kind of disasters does FEMA respond to?
16. What do we do face here at FEMA?
17. What does FEMA do?
18. Tell me about a time you got in a disagreement with someone while on the job. What was the exchange and how did it make you feel?
19. Tell me about the last time you offered a creative solution to a problem at work.
20. Are you willing to undergo a background investigation?
21. We value diversity at FEMA. When have you worked amongst a diverse group of people?
22. Have you undergone any emergency preparedness training?
23. How do you stay informed about new emergency management research, practice standards, relevant tools, and technologies?
24. Tell me about the last time you faced failure.
25. How do you balance your personal and professional life?
26. We value accountability at FEMA. If someone issued a formal complaint about you, how would you handle it?
27. Who has been your greatest influence? A person that has defined the type of leader you wish to be.
28. When was the last time you took the lead?
29. Tell me about a time when you used good judgment and logic to solve a problem.
30. When a problem arises, what is your first reaction?
31. How do you determine priorities when facing multiple demands at the same time?
32. What are your salary expectations?
33. How do you cope in high stress situations?
34. When was the last time you supported someone else's goals on your team?
35. How do you go about building relationships at work?