Every candidate hiring plan includes at least one STAR Interview.

A STAR interview is aimed at discussing the candidates past performance in certain situations and is meant to given an indication if the way they have behaved in the past is in line with FlowFuse expectations.

Questions

Below are some questions that can be used and how answers are evaluated.

STAR Interview Questions

1. What’s the best team Slack or async culture you’ve been part of? What made it work?

Values

  • Collaborative Community
  • Constructive Candor
  • Results

2. Tell me about a recent time async communication went wrong.

Values

  • Results
  • Iterative Improvement
  • Collaborative Community

3. Tell me about something you shipped that wasn’t right the first time. What happened next?

Values

  • Iterative Improvement
  • Results
  • Constructive Candor

4. Tell me about a time you had to understand a customer’s perspective to solve a problem.

Values

  • Customer Empathy
  • Constructive Candor
  • Iterative Improvement

5. Tell me about the last time you changed your mind during a discussion.

Values

  • Constructive Candor
  • Collaborative Community
  • Iterative Improvement

6. Tell me about a time you noticed a problem and decided to take action.

Values

  • Results
  • Iterative Improvement
  • Collaborative Community

7. Tell me about a time you helped someone get unblocked.

Values

  • Collaborative Community
  • Results
  • Customer Empathy

8. Tell me about a recent conflict or disagreement you had at work.

Values

  • Constructive Candor
  • Collaborative Community
  • Results

9. Tell me about a time you gave or received difficult feedback.

Values

  • Constructive Candor
  • Iterative Improvement
  • Collaborative Community

10. If you take one element from your past managers to shape your ideal manager, what is it?

Values

  • Collaborative Community
  • Constructive Candor
  • Results