1. Tell me about yourself 2. Why do you want to work for this department? 3. What interested you in the usc rosier school of ed? 4. What does your ideal work day look like? 5. A challenging part of your work in contracts & grants? 6. What is the difference between direct and indirect costs? 7. How do you deal with people who are difficult to work with? 8. What is your process like when creating proposals? 9. Tell me about a time you had to overcome a challenge specific to contracts and grants? 10. What do you think the most difficult part of this role would be? 11. What is your preferred communication style ?
Grants Contracts Coordinator Interview Questions
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Ability to handle coordination of multi center grants
Are you good with highly focused researchers?
How do you adapt when under alot of stress and pressure in the work place.
Describe your previous experience with contracts
Why should we hire you over someone else?
How would you handle (this particular impossible situation)? Several 'how would you handle..." questions. This is still done today, to see if a particular individual #1 has the appropriate knowledge to work in our field, but also to see how they will fit in. We are very much a team and need to function that way.
Are you more of a structured worker or do you like creative work.
How do you think you can help me? Asked before he described the details of the job. Can't read minds.... and hiring manager put no details in the job description!
Asked me if I was familiar with the particular software they used (PeopleSoft and Oracle)
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