Interview Worksheet for Planning Competency

Instructions Use this worksheet during the interview process to assess a candidate’s level of proficiency for this competency. Competency questions are included along with space to note the candidate’s response and your thoughts about the response. After the interview, use your notes to rate the candidate’s overall proficiency level within this competency. Visit the Microsoft Education Competencies Web site to find additional Education Competency Interview Worksheets.

Question 1: Think back to the most complex task or project for which you’ve had to develop a plan and implement. What made the project so complex? Describe your planning process. Who was involved in implementing it and how did you coordinate efforts? What were the results? Candidate response:

Question 2: Think back to the last time you set specific work-related goals. Please share several of those goals, and include as many important details as possible. Candidate response:

Question 3: Please describe a situation that demonstrates your ability to effectively plan work by breaking it into process steps and to communicate that plan to those involved. Candidate response:

This work is derived from the LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Competency Library developed and copyrighted by Robert W. Eichinger and Michael M. Lombardo for Lominger Limited, Inc. Interview Worksheet for Planning Competency

Question 4: In spite of our best planning, unexpected events can throw our plans off track. Describe a time when you established priorities and target dates for yourself and others, and also developed contingency plans for potential roadblocks or challenges. What potential roadblocks or challenges did you identify? What contingencies did you put in place? How did the plan ultimately play out? Candidate response:

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Insufficient Strong Overuses Level 1 Basic: Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Expert: evidence evidence skill Satisfactorily Intermediate: Advanced: A model in this collected in skill is performs the Above average in This is a notable area; one of the interview not rudimentary this area; strength; better best I’ve seen; present skills in this area consistently than most in this gifted in this area; performs well in area; could be a people often seek this area coach in this area out this person for guidance in this area

This work is derived from the LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® Competency Library developed and copyrighted by Robert W. Eichinger and Michael M. Lombardo for Lominger Limited, Inc.