Team Lead Interview Questions and Answers

  1. Tell me about yourself.

    It seems like an easy interview question. It’s open ended. I can talk about whatever I want from the birth canal forward. Right?

    Wrong. What the hiring manager really wants is a quick, two- to three-minute snapshot of who you are and why you’re the best candidate for this position.

    So as you answer this question, talk about what you’ve done to prepare yourself to be the very best candidate for the position. Use an example or two to back it up. Then ask if they would like more details. If they do, keep giving them example after example of your background and experience. Always point back to an example when you have the opportunity.

    “Tell me about yourself” does not mean tell me everything. Just tell me what makes you the best.

  2. Why should I hire you?

    The easy answer is that you are the best person for the job. And don’t be afraid to say so. But then back it up with what specifically differentiates you.

    For example: “You should hire me because I’m the best person for the job. I realize that there are likely other candidates who also have the ability to do this job. Yet I bring an additional quality that makes me the best person for the job--my passion for excellence. I am passionately committed to producing truly world class results. For example . . .”

    Are you the best person for the job? Show it by your passionate examples.

  3. What is your long-range objective?

    Make my job easy for me. Make me want to hire you.

    The key is to focus on your achievable objectives and what you are doing to reach those objectives.

    For example: “Within five years, I would like to become the very best accountant your company has on staff. I want to work toward becoming the expert that others rely upon. And in doing so, I feel I’ll be fully prepared to take on any greater responsibilities which might be presented in the long term. For example, here is what I’m presently doing to prepare myself . . .”

    Then go on to show by your examples what you are doing to reach your goals and objectives.

  4. How has your education prepared you for your career?

    This is a broad question and you need to focus on the behavioral examples in your educational background which specifically align to the required competencies for the career.

    An example: “My education has focused on not only the learning the fundamentals, but also on the practical application of the information learned within those classes. For example, I played a lead role in a class project where we gathered and analyzed best practice data from this industry. Let me tell you more about the results . . .”

    Focus on behavioral examples supporting the key competencies for the career. Then ask if they would like to hear more examples.

  5. Are you a team player?

    Almost everyone says yes to this question. But it is not just a yes/no question. You need to provide behavioral examples to back up your answer.

    A sample answer: “Yes, I’m very much a team player. In fact, I’ve had opportunities in my work, school and athletics to develop my skills as a team player. For example, on a recent project . . .”

    Emphasize teamwork behavioral examples and focus on your openness to diversity of backgrounds. Talk about the strength of the team above the individual. And note that this question may be used as a lead in to questions around how you handle conflict within a team, so be prepared.

  6. Have you ever had a conflict with a boss or professor? How was it resolved?

    Note that if you say no, most interviewers will keep drilling deeper to find a conflict. The key is how you behaviorally reacted to conflict and what you did to resolve it.

    For example: “Yes, I have had conflicts in the past. Never major ones, but there have been disagreements that needed to be resolved. I've found that when conflict occurs, it helps to fully understand the other person’s perspective, so I take time to listen to their point of view, then I seek to work out a collaborative solution. For example . . .”

    Focus your answer on the behavioral process for resolving the conflict and working collaboratively.

  7. What is your greatest weakness?

    Most career books tell you to select a strength and present it as a weakness. Such as: “I work too much. I just work and work and work.” Wrong. First of all, using a strength and presenting it as a weakness is deceiving. Second, it misses the point of the question.

    You should select a weakness that you have been actively working to overcome. For example: “I have had trouble in the past with planning and prioritization. However, I’m now taking steps to correct this. I just started using a pocket planner . . .” then show them your planner and how you are using it.

    Talk about a true weakness and show what you are doing to overcome it.

  8. If I were to ask your professors to describe you, what would they say?

    This is a threat of reference check question. Do not wait for the interview to know the answer. Ask any prior bosses or professors in advance. And if they’re willing to provide a positive reference, ask them for a letter of recommendation.

    Then you can answer the question like this:

    “I believe she would say I'm a very energetic person, that I’m results oriented and one of the best people she has ever worked with. Actually, I know she would say that, because those are her very words. May I show you her letter of recommendation?”

    So be prepared in advance with your letters of recommendation.

  9. What qualities do you feel a successful manager should have?

    Focus on two words: leadership and vision.

    Here is a sample of how to respond: “The key quality in a successful manager should be leadership--the ability to be the visionary for the people who are working under them. The person who can set the course and direction for subordinates. The highest calling of a true leader is inspiring others to reach the highest of their abilities. I'd like to tell you about a person whom I consider to be a true leader . . .”

    Then give an example of someone who has touched your life and how their impact has helped in your personal development.

  10. If you had to live your life over again, what one thing would you change?

    Focus on a key turning point in your life or missed opportunity. Yet also tie it forward to what you are doing to still seek to make that change.

    For example: “Although I’m overall very happy with where I’m at in my life, the one aspect I likely would have changed would be focusing earlier on my chosen career. I had a great internship this past year and look forward to more experience in the field. I simply wish I would have focused here earlier. For example, I learned on my recent internship…” …then provide examples.

    Stay focused on positive direction in your life and back it up with examples.

In reviewing these responses, please remember that they are only to be viewed samples. Please do not rehearse them verbatim or adopt them as your own. They are meant to stir your creative juices and get you thinking about how to properly answer the broader range of questions that you will face.

Accenture Placement Paper ON 20th March 2007 at DELHI

HERE WERE 4 ROUNDS as usual for HERE WERE 4 ROUNDS as usual for Accenture Paper

1) WRITTEN PAPER
2) G.D
3) H.R INTERVIEW
4) TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

WRITTEN TEST

Paper consist of three parts—

1.analytical ability
2.aptitude & LR
3.verbal ability

Section 1 consist of 20 question ----those were quite easy

* Simple percentage question
* venn diagram question are a lot but easy
* age and blood relation
* time ,distance,work

Section 2 consist of 15 question

puzzle on arrangement on 1 refrigerator,2 TV,3 AC,4 Microprocessors
a)2 tv together
b)ac at 1st and 10th place
c)no tv next to micro
d)no refrigerator and AC next to each other

Simple matching questions---5 question

aaabbbccc,aaabbbccc,aaabbbbcc --which are same

5 data sufficiency question

Section 3 ---verbal was easy consist of 20 question

5 fill up wid articles a,an,the

2 passages

a) 1 on sql
b) other on dbms
both were easy

3 word meanings

Blurt - (it means Utter impulsively i.e very fast )
compliant - (willing to follow)
exemption - (freedom from doing something)

Total 55 questions …time given was 60 minutes

5 min extra 4 essay on why accenture is my dream company???

Cut off was around 37-40

out of 207----130 were shortlisted for G.D

NEXT WAS G.D ROUND ---MAIN ELIMINATION WAS DONE IN THIS ROUND

G.D TOPICS

1}Bpo’s affecting youth
2)men’s day or women’s day
3)world cup—india or Australia

out 0f 130 only 60 were selected ---4 out of each group of 12

H.R ROUND—rest elimination is done here only

Will ask u general question???

about urself??

why accenture?

why should I hire u???

who is ur role model???

where u see urself after 5 yrs???
n strength n weakness

Be confident n cool –u will be selected But out of 60 only 45 were selested(approx)

Next was TECHNICAL round

DBMS,sql and c++ concepts are Important for Accenture

Do prepare well for your project

1) WRITTEN PAPER
2) G.D
3) H.R INTERVIEW
4) TECHNICAL INTERVIEW

WRITTEN TEST

Paper consist of three parts—

1.analytical ability
2.aptitude & LR
3.verbal ability

Section 1 consist of 20 question ----those were quite easy

* Simple percentage question
* venn diagram question are a lot but easy
* age and blood relation
* time ,distance,work

Section 2 consist of 15 question

puzzle on arrangement on 1 refrigerator,2 TV,3 AC,4 Microprocessors
a)2 tv together
b)ac at 1st and 10th place
c)no tv next to micro
d)no refrigerator and AC next to each other

Simple matching questions---5 question

aaabbbccc,aaabbbccc,aaabbbbcc --which are same

5 data sufficiency question

Section 3 ---verbal was easy consist of 20 question

5 fill up wid articles a,an,the

2 passages

a) 1 on sql
b) other on dbms
both were easy

3 word meanings

Blurt - (it means Utter impulsively i.e very fast )
compliant - (willing to follow)
exemption - (freedom from doing something)

Total 55 questions …time given was 60 minutes

5 min extra 4 essay on why accenture is my dream company???

Cut off was around 37-40

out of 207----130 were shortlisted for G.D

NEXT WAS G.D ROUND ---MAIN ELIMINATION WAS DONE IN THIS ROUND

G.D TOPICS

1}Bpo’s affecting youth
2)men’s day or women’s day
3)world cup—india or Australia

out 0f 130 only 60 were selected ---4 out of each group of 12

H.R ROUND—rest elimination is done here only

Will ask u general question???

about urself??

why accenture?

why should I hire u???

who is ur role model???

where u see urself after 5 yrs???
n strength n weakness

Be confident n cool –u will be selected But out of 60 only 45 were selested(approx)

Next was TECHNICAL round

DBMS,sql and c++ concepts are Important for Accenture

Do prepare well for your project

Accenture Paper On 23rd February At Kolkata

Category (Placement Paper or Interview Experience):
Interview Experience
Date Conducted:
23 Feb 2008
Paper/Interview:

The important things to be prepared for accenture:

It has 4 rounds:
1) APTITUDE TEST ALONG WITH THAT ESSAY WRITING.
2) GROUP DISCUSSION.
3) TECHNICAL / HR INTERVIEW.
4) HR / TECHNICAL INTERVEW.

1)APTITUDE TEST:
Questions = 55 ; time limit = 60 minutes...along with that an essay to write in the same sheet in another 10 minutes...
No sectional cut off , no negative marking..

questions were easy..all u need to do is planning which questions to attempt first and which one to attempt at last...and yeah 1 more thing ..you have to be very fast and u can achieve dat only through regular practice..all u have to do is to solve few chapters from R.S.AGGARWAL ( verbal & Non-verbal as well as quantitaive)..i will suggest you some chapters ...you jus do those chapters properly and it will be more than sufficient for you...

The Aptitude test paper is divided into 3 sections:
1st section :consist of 20 questions which is completely based on english...
Questions 1 - 10 : These are very easy..its completly based on prepositions and fill in the blanks with correct articles...if u have a gud command in english then do it in the begining else do it some time later on after solving some easier questions which will mention later on...

Questions 11 - 20 :
questions 11 - 15 contains one comprehension followed by another comprehension from ques 16 - 20... I will suggest you all to do the comprehensions at last.. and attempt the first comprehension before than the second one...coz according to my experience first comprehensions are always easier than the second one...

TIPS : DO THE COMPREHENSIONS AT LAST AND ALWAYS READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST AND THEN LOOK FOR THE ANSWERS IN THE PASSAGE...NEVER WASTE YOUR TIME IN READING THE WHOLE PASSAGE..

2nd section : consists of 20 questions which is based on quantitative as well as verbal and non-verbal...
It contains questions from data sufficiency,venn diagram,time and work,percentage,time and distance,directions,blood relations,and the most important topic LOGIC (syllogism) which is the first chapter of the second part of R.S.AGGARWAL (verbal & non-verbal)...prepare these chapters very nicely...

3rd section : consists of 15 questions which is v.v.v.easy, only a difficult portion can be of puzzle types..
questions are like :
Q.41- Q.45 Mark the answers according to the following:
A- If all the three options match
B- If FIRST and SECOND options match
C- If FIRST and THIRD options match
D- If none of the three match

Example:
KKTUJNGDFTSR KKTUJHGDFTSR KKTUJNGDFTSR
Ans: C

Another example:
1896.5738491023 1896.5783491023 1896.5738461023
Ans: D

Q.46-Q.49 were based on the Puzzle-type question. It said:
Following was the criteria decided by the selection committee of Indian Cricket Board:
1) Player's age should be 18-28 years
2) He must be the captain of any cricket team for at least 2 years
3) He must be a Ranji Player for at least 2 years
4) He must have taken at least 20 wickets or made 1000 runs in a calendar year in Ranji

If 1st condition is not fulfilled .. referred to chairman
If 2nd condition is not fulfilled .. he must be an all rounder with at least 500 runs and 15 wickets
If 4th condition is not fulfilled .. referred to VP

Questions were like following example:
Rahul was born on Dec.10,1979 and is a captain of Ranji team since Feb 2005. He won man of the tournament last year for taking 24 wickets last year. He is:
a) Selected b) Rejected c) Referred to Chairman d)Data Insufficient
Ans: a
(These questions are also easy if you draw a table with names of the aspirant in rows and criteria in the columns, and then checking whether he/she fulfils it or not)

Q.50- Q.55 were also a bit easy and were of two types:
Example of type 1:
If * means +, + means -, - means / and / means *, then what is the value of-
8+4-9*7/12+3

Example of type 2:
If * means /, / means -, - means + and + means *, then which of the following is true:
a) 7+43*2/13-7+8 = 22.6 b) 4-9*7/4*2/3-7+2 = 25 .. ..

(The type 1 are easier and less time consuming and type 2 are more time consuming but still can be solved. 3 of the questions were of type1 and other 3 of type two)..

NOTE: Friends i will suggest you all to start with this section...first do the question 41 - 45 and then do the questions from 50 - 52...and then do whatever u like....coz these questions are v.v.v.v.easy..and so u will gain lots of confidence after solving these 8 questions..if u can then solve the ques 53 - 55 also else leave it for later on as it is very much time consuming...

IMPORTANT CHAPTERS TO BE DONE FOR THE APTITUDE TEST:

FOR ACCENTURE EMPHASIZE MORE ON VERBAL & VON-VERBAL RATHER THAN QUANTITAVE...

VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL :
1) LOGIC (syllogism).
2) DATA SUFFICIENCY.
3) LOGIACL VENN DIAGRAM.
4) DIRECTION SENSE TEST.
5) BLOOD RELATIONS.
6) PUZZLE TEST.

QUANTITATIVE :
1) TIME AND WORK.
2) TIME AND DISTANCE.
3) RATIO AND PROPORTION.
4) PERCENTAGE.
5) PROBLEMS ON TRAINS.
6) BOATS AND STREAMS.
7) PIPES AND CISTERNS.
8) PROFIT AND LOSS.

Do only these chapters which i have mentioned ....its more than sufficient...and yaeh once again emphasize more on verbal and non-verbal rather than quantitative...coz 70% are from verb&non-verb and 30% are from quanti....in comparision to these two...

After the completion of 60 minutes we were asked to write an essay in 10 minutes time and word limit was atleast 100 words and the topic was "US recession and its impact in the IT industry"....dont bother about the essay much, just make it sure that u have to fill that page with correct grammatical statements...it does not play an role in clearing ur aptitude...it is checked by the HR usually during ur HR interview and it may happen that no one bother to check it also...

2) GROUP DISCUSSION :
The topic which was given to us was "liberalisation"... time limit was 10 minutes...12 students were there in a group, a topic was thrown and you all have to share your views regarding that given topic...they selected only 5 students from each group of 12...so you can see that you have to give ur best effort and you wont get much chance to speak also coz it so happens sometimes that they make the GD go by person to person clockwise..

TIPS : Initially they may ask you to introduce urself...and u have to hit in this very moment only ..ur introduction shud be very strong...then u will 2 - 3 chances to speak on the topic.....friends u have to be louder and clear during your GD...with full of passions...

3) HR INTERVIEW :
Questions were like: Tell me sumthing about yourself which is not there in the CV...then what do u do in your leisure time...then how can you prove that you have managerial skills...and then few questions were asked which was related to my answers...i m not writng all those things coz answers vary from person to person...all i wanna say is dat u need to be very much confident during your interview,there should be smile on your face,eyes contact with the HR is a must...

4) TECHNICAL INTERVIEW :
First of all HR asked me to introduce myself...then he asked me what do u do in your leisure time..then he asked me what are your favourite subjects...then he gave me a program and asked me 2 answer hm whether this program will run or not...then he told me dat i m giving u 16 seconds..u have to sell urself...then he gav me some situation reaction test which i answered wonderfully...

In situation reaction test they just want to see how good you are as a leader as well as a team member and how hard working , determined and confident you are...