What is your management style?

This question is a straightforward one and forces the interviewer to give you a substantial reply regarding how they plan to manage you, should you be the successful candidate. There are various management styles and, before your interview, you should put thought into the management methods to which you best respond.

These are the most common styles of management:

- Administrative (process, process, process!)
- Authoritarian (they thrive on authority)
- Democratic (participative decision making)
- Laissez-Faire (minimal direction, you are self-guided)
- Leaders (motivating and influential)
- Political (all tactics and strategy)