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Leadership Mock Interview

To help you prepare for your job interview, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples focused on your leadership skills.

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Question 11 of 30

What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of leading your current team?

The interviewer is trying to learn more about the challenges you currently face as a leader. If hired, this information will help the company to know where you could use additional training, encouragement, or education.

Every leader has an aspect of people management that is challenging for them. One common challenge for leaders is the need to terminate an employee. Another problem could be continually motivating unengaged employees. A big challenge could also be sourcing and utilizing the best hiring resources to shave down your time spent on reading resumes. Other common problems include managing underperformers, handling conflict between coworkers, increasing employee retention, and delegating tasks.

Share your most challenging aspect of leadership but also highlight the steps that you take to alleviate or overcome that challenge.

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How to Answer: What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of leading your current team?

  • 11. What do you find to be the most difficult aspect of leading your current team?

      How to Answer

      The interviewer is trying to learn more about the challenges you currently face as a leader. If hired, this information will help the company to know where you could use additional training, encouragement, or education.

      Every leader has an aspect of people management that is challenging for them. One common challenge for leaders is the need to terminate an employee. Another problem could be continually motivating unengaged employees. A big challenge could also be sourcing and utilizing the best hiring resources to shave down your time spent on reading resumes. Other common problems include managing underperformers, handling conflict between coworkers, increasing employee retention, and delegating tasks.

      Share your most challenging aspect of leadership but also highlight the steps that you take to alleviate or overcome that challenge.

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Answer Example

      "One challenge that I face as a leader is to avoid frustration when employees show continued disinterest in our company's education opportunities. My current company has an amazing program available for continued education, yet only about 22% of our employees take advantage. To alleviate this frustration, I am starting a company-wide recognition program for all employees who explore this option with our company."

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Admin

      "Currently, I lead the temporary administrative assistants that we hire, from time to time, during peak seasons. It is a challenge to lead temp associates because it means re-training a new person every time the temp agency provides us with a new temp. Last week I had a meeting with our recruitment partner and asked them to send repeat temps as often as possible. I believe this request will be a happy workaround in the future."

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Manager

      "My current team works across different states, and 90% of them operate virtually from a home office. As a Regional Manager, I must understand the challenges that my team faces when working from home so that I can prevent turnover and also build a teamwork mentality regardless of distance or location. I recently introduced a Friday virtual happy hour, which has received an exceptional response!"

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Marketing

      "My current company is growing at a rapid rate. At this time, keeping a pipeline full of talented candidates has been very challenging. To meet this challenge, I recently decided to try Zip Recruiter, which has made finding and interviewing candidates much easier so far."

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Retail

      "The most challenging aspect of being a leader, from my experience, is managing a large variety of personalities. It takes some time to get to know everyone, and in retail, there is also the challenge of high employee turnover. To meet this challenge, I have made it a point to make a personal connection with all new hires in the first three days of their employment. Not all personalities are my favorite; however, when I get to know the person on a different level, I can always find something about them to appreciate. This connection and appreciation will also increase the likelihood of enjoying their job and staying."

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Sales

      "The largest challenge I've faced as a leader is working with an unmotivated employee who cannot seem to be motivated by the normal channels. Typically, this lack of motivation stems from our HR Manager, hiring a poor fit for the role. For that reason, I have shifted my focus to coaching up or coaching out much quicker than I had in the past. I have also asked the HR Manager for more thorough collaboration before he extends any job offers."

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Teacher

      "In my current classroom, I have a bit of a power struggle between a few of the students. It is a challenge to navigate personalities and peer groups while still encouraging inclusivity. I have tried a variety of seating arrangements as well as group meetings involving the Principal. The next step will be parent involvement, which I am hoping to avoid."

      Written by Rachelle Enns on June 11th, 2020

      Anonymous Interview Answers with Professional Feedback

      Anonymous Answer

      "The most challenging is having to work with so many different cultures. In the UAE, there are cultures from all around the world and people have different values and opinions. I had to sometimes change my approach to being less direct when approaching some of my team members."

      Rachelle's Feedback

      This is a good example of a challenge, and how you have worked to overcome the situation. Nice job!
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