Position: ____________________________ Candidate: ____________________________ Selector: ________________________ Total score: ______

Value Characteristics Examples we are looking for / Questions to consider Notes and score of each value
and Could you tell me about a time when... 4 – lives the value (brings multiple examples); 3 – follows most, agrees
with all; 2 – does not oppose, partly follows; 1 – seems to do the
competentcies Could you describe a situation when... opposite, very few examples
Get Sh#t Done Solution and results - ...you tried to solve a complex problem that had no obvious
- We focus on finding oriented solution? What did you do? Whom did you involve? What was
solutions, not the outcome? How it made you feel? What would you do next
describing problems time?
- We start with a goal Results oriented - What are your three greatest achievements?
in mind and do what - Tell me about a recent project you undertook. How did you plan
it takes to reach it Entrepreneurial, it? Execute it? What was the result? What did you learn?
- We learn through Resourceful - Have you ever done something you thought you are not able to
doing, not through do (skills or principals wise) and still did it because it was
endless discussions Goal-oriented incl needed? What was the situation? what did you do? Why do you
goal setting and think you did it? How did you feel about it then? And now?
execution

Tenacious (does not

give up)
Learning on the fly, - ...you had to perform a task that you had not been trained for /
Pro-learning done before. How did you acquire the required knowledge to do
it? What was the result? What did you learn from it? How did
you feel about it?
- Tell me 3 things you have learned / skills you have improved in
the past 6 months. How did you do it? SCORE:_____
Push Boundaries Ambitious - How important is professional success to you?
- We go outside our - What makes you really push yourself?
comfort zones Stress tolerance - How do you deal with big work load? How does it make you
- We act with a sense feel?
of urgency Able to set priorities - ...you had planned for things to go one way, but then something
- We question the urgent came up that needed your input and that influenced your
status quo Action oriented plans. What did you do?
- We keep trying when - ...you have mobilised yourself quickly to respond to an
others would have emergency? What was the alternative cost of that decision?
given up Taking responsibility - When have you decided to take matters into your own hands,
although technically it wasn’t your „probleem“?
- When was the last time you initiated something that you thought
was important to deal with? What was it? What was the result?
Critical thinking, - ...you have made suggestions to change the existing process /
Perspective, vendor / etc? How did you arrive to the decision that change is
Creativity needed?
- ...you questioned a decision made by your boss / peers and
Think out of box argumented your point of view?
 (see that is not - Do you find rules helpful or harrassing? When do you follow,
obvious to others) when ignore?
- Do you find yourself more often doing as agreed or as the rules
state? When did you last ignore rules?
- ...you found a solution when others could not?
Persistance, - What has been the most stressful or challenging task / project
Perseverance, you have faced?
Resilience - What has been a stressful relationship / situation you have
faced at work?
Optimism - ...you had to perform a task you did not like but nevertheless
performed it? How did it turn out? How you were motivated /
motivated yourself to do it?
- ...you worked in a team and were facing problems and although SCORE:_____
everyone was down, you did not give up?
Use Good Businessminded, - What does „feeling ownership“ mean to you and how does it
Judgement Sense of ownership, translate to your behaviour?
- We use our Organizational - ...your decisions have been driven by the aim to save
resources wisely commitment; resources?
- We seek to help, - Do you consider yourself more practical or visionary?
even if it’s “not our Efficiency oriented, - How do you budget a project? An activity? What do you take
job” Making cost-benefit into account?
- We speak up when analyses
we see something
that needs solving Collaboration - How helpful do you consider yourself? Have you sacrificed your
- We value clarity over own interests to help others (make changes to your plan etc)?
cleverness Performance of far - How would your colleagues describe you?
more than the job - How often do you get turned to with requests to help from your
requires colleagues, which aren’t related to your job description? What
sort of help do they seek?
Taking initiative - ...you have volunteered to take up an additional tasks? What
sort of tasks? Why did you volunteer?

Sense of ownership, - ...you spoke up / made a suggestion / process improvement in

Being proactive and your work / in an area that was not your direct responsibility?
taking responsibility Did you volunteer to execute it? What came out of it?
- What stops you from speaking up?
Taking initiative and - ...you saw a flaw in colleagues work and pointed it out. What
speaking up was it? How did you do it? How did they react? Would you do
something differently next time?
Constructive - ....you have put extra effort to ensure you are able to SCORE:_____
communication style communicate your message as simply as possible?