Timber Buyer Interview Questions

1 Provide an example of a time when you were able to demonstrate excellent listening skills. What was the situation and outcome?
2 Tell me about your last experience preparing purchase orders, soliciting bid proposals, and/or reviewing requisitions for goods/services.
3 What is the most challenging part of budgeting for you?
4 Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
5 Share an experience in which you successfully shared a difficult piece of information. (Make sure that the candidate has open lines of communication.)
6 Tell me how you organize, plan, and prioritize your work.
7 Share an experience when you applied new technology or information in your job. How did it help your company?
8 Tell me about an experience in which you analyzed information and evaluated results to choose the best solution to a problem.
9 Share an effective approach to working with a large amount of information/data. How has your approach affected your company?
10 Share an example of a time you had to gather information from multiple sources. How did you determine which information was relevant?
11 Share an experience in which your ability to consider the costs or benefits of a potential action helped you choose the most appropriate action.
12 Share an experience in which your understanding of a current or upcoming problem helped your company to respond to the problem.
13 Name a time when you identified strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems. What was the impact?
14 Please share an experience in which you presented to a group. What was the situation and how did it go?
15 How would you rate your writing skills? (Ask for an example that demonstrates great writing skills.)