City Manager Question:

☛ Could you tell us about yourself?
☛ Could you give us a quick overview of your professional experience?
☛ Could you describe a particularly difficult personnel or discipline situation that you had to address as a supervisor?
☛ Have you led a diverse team? What were the circumstances and results?
☛ What is your budgeting experience?
☛ What is your experience in engaging the community in a difficult or controversial issue? How did you go about it? What were the outcomes?
☛ How would a subordinate or peer describe your leadership or management style?
☛ Could you tell us about a situation in which you engaged members of another department in solving a difficult problem?
☛ Could you give us a specific example of a failure and how you dealt with it? What were the lessons that you learned?
☛ Can you give us a specific example of how you have tried to improve your communication and interaction with a difficult supervisor or peer?