Farm Contractor Interview Questions

1 Share an experience in which personal connections to coworkers or others helped you to be successful in your work. (Make sure candidate works well with others.)
2 What is the most challenging part of recruiting and hiring agricultural workers? Share an example.
3 Provide an example when your ethics were tested.
4 Share an example of when you went above and beyond the "call of duty". (Look for answers that show the candidate is dependable.)
5 Tell me how you direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
6 Walk me through how you employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
7 Share an effective approach to supervise the work of contracted employees.
8 Share an example of when you established and accomplished a goal that was personally challenging. What helped you succeed?
9 How do you balance cooperation with others and independent thinking? Share an example. (Try to determine if the candidate has a cooperative attitude or is otherwise good-natured.)
10 Please share an experience in which you presented to a group. What was the situation and how did it go?
11 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
12 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.)
13 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
14 Share an experience you had in dealing with a difficult person and how you handled the situation.
15 Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.