Dear Anas Naeem,
Probable Interview Questions for Team Leader (TL) Position
The probable questions asked in the interview for the position of Team Leader (TL) are as below:
a) Under how many TLs have you worked so far? What are your observations about the qualities they possessed? What are your observations about the qualities they did not possess?
b) How have you groomed yourself for the position of TL? Please tell us the specific efforts you have taken.
c) Tell me about a situation where clashes arose out of personality differences among the team members. How did the TL handle the situation? How differently would you have handled the situation?
d) Have you seen the TLs giving feedback to their subordinates? Has your manager given feedback to you? If yes, what did you do upon receiving the feedback?
e) Unforeseen absence because of sudden exit or sickness of the team members is common. Tell me a situation where the TLs in the past managed the deliverables despite a shortage of manpower.
f) Have your TLs generated ideas to innovate the systems or processes? If yes, then tell us a specific example of what they did and the benefits derived by the team or the organization.
g) Maintaining emotional balance while getting the work done is always a challenge. Tell me a situation where the past TLs maintained an emotional balance in the face of a setback they got. Did the TL fail to maintain the emotional balance? What is your learning from either example?
h) When do you foresee becoming a manager? Over and above the qualities required to be a TL, which qualities should a manager possess?
i) What efforts have you taken to know yourself better? Have you taken any tests to understand your personality? If yes, then comment on the reports of those tests.
I hope the above questions are more than sufficient.
Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar
P. S.: I have generated the above questions from my training and consulting experience. These are not copied from ChatGPT or any other AI software.