Religious Education Director Interview Questions

16 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
17 Walk me through how you confer with clergy members, congregational officials, or congregational organizations to encourage support of or participation in religious education activities.
18 Share an effective approach to analyze member participation or changes in congregational emphasis to determine needs for religious education.
19 What kind of experience do you have counseling individuals regarding interpersonal, health, financial, or religious problems? Share an example.
20 What have you found to be the best way to identify and recruit potential volunteer workers?
21 What is the key to success when communicating with the public.
22 In your experience, what is the key to developing a good team? (Look for how they build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation.)
23 Share an experience in which you successfully coordinated with others. How about a coordination effort that was not as successful?
24 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
25 Share a time when you willingly took on additional responsibilities or challenges. How did you successfully meet all of the demands of these responsibilities? (Make sure the candidate is a self-starter and can demonstrate some initiative.)
26 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
27 Provide an experience that demonstrates your ability to manage time effectively. What were the challenges and results?
28 Provide an example of a time when you were able to demonstrate excellent listening skills. What was the situation and outcome?
29 Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
30 What is the key to success with fundraising activities for the church? Share an experience.

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