Correctional Officer Interview Questions

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31 Provide an experience in which you settled a difficult dispute between inmates.
32 Share an effective approach to working with a large amount of information/data. How has your approach affected your company?
33 Provide an experience in which you supervised other correctional service officers or another staff. What methods made you successful?
34 Name a time when you identified strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions to problems. What was the impact?
35 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.)
36 Provide an example of when you were persistent in the face of obstacles.
37 Share an experience in which you effectively took a prisoner into custody and escorted him to a location outside of the facility.
38 Provide an example of a time when you successfully organized a diverse group of people to accomplish a task.
39 Share an experience in which you successfully coordinated with others. How about a coordination effort that was not as successful?
40 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
41 Tell me about a time when you developed your own way of doing things or were self-motivated to finish an important task.
42 Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.)
43 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.)
44 Provide an experience in which you successfully counseled an inmate with a difficult concern or problem.
45 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.)