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Interview · Culture and values

How you like to work

On the conditions someone thrives in, how they give and take honest feedback, how they cope when things are unclear and how they treat the people around them. It suits any role and helps both sides judge fit honestly. Follow-ups ask for a real moment behind each preference, not just the preference.

Suits: Software engineer, Product designer, Customer success manager, Operations coordinator, Marketing manager

Questions
5 of 18
Length
20 min
Format
Voice or typed
Levels
All levels
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Example
  1. Interviewer: Tell me about a time you changed someone's mind at work. How did you go about it?

  2. Candidate: Our team wanted to rebuild the billing page from scratch, and I thought it was the wrong call, so we put together a plan to…

  3. Follow-up

    Interviewer: You said "we". What did you say yourself, and what finally changed their mind?

  4. Scored on

    • Self-knowledge30%
    • Collaboration30%
    • Candour20%
    • Handling ambiguity20%

    Score, reasons and recording. Your team decides.

An example exchange. This interview's own questions open when you use it.

What it listens for, and how much each part counts.

Every answer is scored against this guide, with the reasoning written beside the score. You get the recording or the written answers too, and your team makes the call.

  • Self-knowledge30%
    Knows the conditions they work best in and can describe them concretely.
  • Collaboration30%
    Works constructively with different people and styles.
  • Candour20%
    Gives and receives honest feedback with care.
  • Handling ambiguity20%
    Moves forward sensibly when things are unclear.
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