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Free Situational Judgement Test Questions
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1. You are a department manager and you have recently thought of a new procedure that you believe would improve the work process. Some of the employees in your department agree with the change and some do not. One of your employees expresses direct criticism about this idea to your director.
What do you do?
A. I refuse to take part in these ego games and I do not respond.
B. I reprimand the employee for bypassing my authority and work to promote my idea with even more enthusiasm.
C. I meet the employee for a clarification talk where I explain that bypassing my authority is unacceptable.
D. I apologize to the director and don't make all the changes I had planed so that this employee as well as others will not respond so severely.
Answer
The answer is C.
I meet the employee for a clarification talk where I explain that bypassing my authority is unacceptable.
2. At a marketing meeting with your direct manager and his director you find yourself in the middle of a conflict between them. You know that the two do not get along professionally and that they are in constant disagreement. They are now arguing about contradicting strategies for a new campaign, and are asking you to pick a side.
What do you do?
A. I accept the idea of the senior marketing director. Being senior means he has more influence on my status in the company and it is politically wiser to agree with him.
B. I accept the idea of my direct manager. Being my direct manager means he has more influence on my dally routine in the company and it is politically wiser to agree with him.
C. I wave each proposition by its advantages and decide accordingly without getting the least bit involved in their personal conflict.
D. I put an end to these political games and I ask them both for an alternative offer – one that will be the result of real cooperation.
Answer
The answer is C.
I wave each proposition by its advantages and decide accordingly without getting the least bit involved in their personal conflict.