Tell me about your experience with inter-agency collaboration.

Don't say you have no experience in this area. If you haven't worked with other agencies as the representative from your organization, think of a time you collaborated with another department or even a co-worker over whom you had no authority. Explain how you managed to collaborate even though you weren't able to require them to meet your expectations.

"In my current position, I've worked on an annual resource fair with several other agencies in the region. We work together for about three months before the fair, which is designed to help educate the public and provide direct services related to wellness. Each year, we rotate the responsibility for coordinating the logistics of the fair, and if it's not your turn to coordinate, you agree to meet the coordinating agency's deadlines or communicate well in advance if you cannot."