Institutional Research Director Interview Questions

There are 2 different sets of questions for this title
1 Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work.
2 Share an effective method you have used to report results of statistical analyses.
3 Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
4 Share an experience in which you successfully shared a difficult piece of information. (Make sure that the candidate has open lines of communication.)
5 Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?
6 Tell me about an experience in which you analyzed information and evaluated results to choose the best solution to a problem.
7 Would you consider analyzing data or information a strength? How so?
8 Share an effective approach to working with a large amount of information/data. How has your approach affected your company?
9 Share an example of a time you had to gather information from multiple sources. How did you determine which information was relevant?
10 Name a time when you identified strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems. What was the impact?
11 Share a time when you successfully used scientific rules or methods to solve a problem at work.
12 Share an experience in which your understanding of a current or upcoming problem helped your company to respond to the problem.
13 Give me an example of when you thought outside of the box. How did it help your employer?
14 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.
15 Tell me about the last time you monitored or reviewed information and detected a problem. How did you respond?