This is SUCH a great list of questions! Thank you to everyone who gave me input! Here is the compiled list for your use and enjoyment! -- Describe a situation where you had to learn a new skill or technology quickly. How did you go about it, and what was the outcome? How comfortable are you with using social media professionally? Being organized is essential for this position. How do you prioritize your work when you have multiple deadlines to meet and what tools do you use to stay organized? How do you ensure that you maintain a high level of quality in your work, even when facing interruptions, time constraints, or pressure? Can you tell me about a time when you faced a significant challenge or failure at work? How did you approach it, and what did you learn from the experience? Patron privacy is absolutely essential to our organization. How do you ensure confidentiality and integrity while completing your task? What do inclusion and diversity mean to you? Can you describe a time when you had to work with a difficult patron (student, customer, client) colleague, manager? How did you handle the situation while maintaining professionalism and productivity? Tell me about a time when you had to adapt to changes in a project or work environment? How did you manage the transition while staying focused on achieving your goals? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Additional Questions to consider adding: 1.Think of an instance when something you had planned went wrong. What did you do? 2.Think of a day when you left work feeling that it had been a great day. Why? 3.Our mission is [your mission here]; tell us how you interpret that and how your work would support it. 4.We value inclusion; tell us what that means to you. 5.If you could be any character, from any book/movie, who would you be and why? (You can justify this question by asking more specifically about the characteristics traits they identify with and how they'd handle the characters weaknesses.) It's a broadened/librarian version of the "What Disney character would you be?" 6.We now require anyone who will be doing Children's work-- esp forward facing work like leading storytimes or Crafts-- to bring us a prepared storytime: Theme, opening, stories (choose at least 3 books)1-2 songs/actions/fingerplays, and a craft idea, with a materials list and example of how it would be set up and executed. They must also explain how their choices reflect the theme. 7.We also take the question about a program with an unlimited budget and then ask how they would scale it with a minimal budget. – Diane McKee also attached two excellent lists of questions. 8.You are on the library trivia team- what area of expertise do you bring to the table? 9.Katie Ester posted this AMAZING resource she got from the Facebook group for library directors https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N9segNyNeOssPYqfZ1pacKEHYDPpETKI00lH... 10.How do you feel about glitter? 11.What advice would you give to your former boss? 12.What do you feel is one of the biggest challenges facing public libraries today? 13.What is the difference between management and leadership? -- Kari Besancon (Bə-sank’-in), MLIS District Director Iosco-Arenac District Library zv323 989-362-2651 k.besancon@vlc.lib.mi.us