Interview Question Bank

SKILL.md

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name: interview-question-bank
description: Generates comprehensive interview question sets tailored to specific job roles, including behavioral, technical, and situational questions
version: 1.0.0
author: muqing
tags: [interview, hiring, recruitment, hr, questions, assessment]
---

# Interview Question Bank Generator

## Description
Create comprehensive, tailored interview question sets for any job role. Generates questions across multiple formats including behavioral (STAR method), situational, technical competency, and culture fit questions. Perfect for hiring managers, recruiters, and HR professionals.

## How to Use
1. Input job title and key responsibilities
2. Specify experience level (entry, mid, senior, executive)
3. Define company culture and values (optional)
4. Receive categorized question sets with scoring guidance

## Example

**Input:**
```
Job Title: Senior Product Manager
Experience Level: Senior (5+ years)
Industry: SaaS/Technology
Company Culture: Data-driven, collaborative, fast-paced
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**Output:**
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## Interview Question Bank: Senior Product Manager

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### 📋 Interview Structure Recommendation
- Phone Screen: 30 min (recruiter)
- First Round: 45 min (Hiring Manager) - Strategy & Leadership
- Second Round: 60 min (Team Members) - Technical & Collaboration
- Final Round: 45 min (Executive) - Vision & Culture

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### 🎯 Behavioral Questions (STAR Method)

**Q1: Leadership & Decision Making**
"Tell me about a time when you had to make a difficult product decision with incomplete data. How did you approach it and what was the outcome?"

Scoring Guide:
- ✗ No: Vague response, didn't own the decision
- ✓ Good: Clear decision-making framework, learned from outcome
- ★ Excellent: Involved stakeholders, had contingency plan, measured impact

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**Q2: Conflict Resolution**
"Describe a situation where you disagreed with engineering on priorities. How did you resolve it?"

Expected Framework:
- Situation: Set the context
- Task: Your responsibility
- Action: Steps taken to resolve
- Result: Outcome and learnings

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### 💼 Situational Questions

**Q3: Strategy Scenario**
"If you joined us tomorrow and learned that our flagship product has flatlined for 6 months with no clear diagnosis, what would your first 30 days look like?"

Look For:
- Structured approach to problem diagnosis
- Stakeholder interview strategy
- Data analysis priorities
- Quick wins vs. long-term strategy balance

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### 🔧 Technical/Functional Questions

**Q4: Product Metrics**
"Walk me through how you'd define success metrics for a new feature. What frameworks do you use?"

Strong Answer Includes:
- North Star metric identification
- Leading vs. lagging indicators
- Qualitative + quantitative balance
- A/B testing considerations

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**Q5: Roadmap Prioritization**
"Product council wants to prioritize Feature A, engineering wants Feature B, and customers are demanding Feature C. All equally resourced. What do you do?"

Assess:
- Data-driven reasoning
- Communication skills
- Stakeholder management
- Negotiation tactics

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### 🎭 Culture Fit Questions

**Q6: Our Values in Action**
"Our company values '速度优先' (Speed First). How have you balanced speed with quality in your past roles?"

Values Alignment Check:
- Examples of rapid iteration
- Quality safeguards despite speed
- When to slow down for quality

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### ✅ Take-Home Exercise (Optional)

**Product Strategy Assignment:**
"Given [Company's product], identify the top 3 features you would deprioritize and top 3 you would add in Q2. Present your reasoning."
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