Managerial and Supervisory Positions

Knowledge
How have you prepared yourself for this kind of position?
What have you been doing to keep up to date in your field?
How would you rate your level of expertise in [insert major function to be performed] compared with others in similar positions? Why do you rate yourself that way?
In which areas do you feel you need to upgrade your knowledge? Why do you feel that way?
What improvements did you introduce in your last position?
How good is your knowledge of [insert essential knowledge area]. Please briefly summarize that for me.
Skills
Tell me about the 2 or 3 biggest problems you have encountered in your work, and how you handled them.
What would you say are your 3 major strengths?
What would you expect would happen if you and a fellow employee could not cooperate?
What would you expect would happen if you were often late for work or absent?
What would you expect would happen if you were discovered drinking or using illegal drugs on the job?
What would you expect would happen if a client/member/customer complained about your work, or the way you spoke to her/him?
What would you expect would happen on your first day on the job?
Working Climate
Why are you interested in joining our organization?
Why are you looking for a new position right now?
Describe your [last/current] boss. How did you get along with her/him?
What makes you angry or frustrated?
What makes you feel happy or satisfied?
Describe the person you would like to report to.
Have you ever been fired? Tell me about it.
When you call an employee into your office, what do they expect is going to happen?
On the Friday before a long holiday weekend, if you had to choose between working overtime yourself, or having a subordinate work overtime, which would you choose?
If you had to choose between solving a problem for a key customer, or solving a problem for a key employee, which would you choose?
If your planned annual vacation conflicted with a major problem arising at work, what would you do?
How many hours per week, on average, do you put in on the job? Is that about right?
Describe you management