Interview Questions

To help you

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prepare for the Learning Needs Assessment meeting, please consider the following questions in discussion with your Task Leaders. 

DELIVERABLES & OBJECTIVES

• What objectives must your Work Package (WP)

These are the types of questions that we ask:

Big picture questions:

• What does your Work Package want to achieve this year?
• How do you expect training will relate to these outcomes?
• What external factors need to be considered? Think of competition, innovation, industry growth
• What internal factors need to be considered? Team collaboration, team knowledge skills homogeneity, time constraints?

Understand the Current Performance

• What knowledge and skills do your team members need to be successful?
• Where are the gaps in skills and knowledge?
• What are current problem, bottlenecks or challenges?
• What are the requirements for skills homogeneity?
• What are your needs for non-technical / social skills?

Future needs

• What does the future look like in your environment?
• Are there any new ideas, methods, processes, machines or challenges on the horizon?
• What skills or knowledge needs do you foresee for your Work package in the future?

Training request to submit

• Which training requests do you want to submit?
• Which training are must haves, nice to haves on a scale of 1-10?
• Who should be taking part in the program and why?
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Focus on evaluation

• How will you measure the desired outcomes?
• How will we know if the program has been effective?

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• evaluate progress towards these objectives?
• What Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or metrics do you monitor regularly?

CURRENT SITUATION

• Which KPI or objective is the most challenging - or presents the greatest opportunity for your WP/Task?
• What knowledge, skills, attitudes or behaviours would enhance the team’s performance towards these deliverables?

FUTURE NEEDS

• What future challenges or opportunities do you anticipate for GN5? New objectives, processes, systems?
• What knowledge, skills, attitude and behaviour will be needed?

INDIVIDUAL/TEAM NEEDS

• What learning needs are you aware of for teams or individuals?
• What knowledge, skills, attitudes or behaviours would enhance their ability to deliver their objectives?

EVALUATION

• How will we know that learning has been effective?
• What metrics can be used to assess how learning has impacted your ability to deliver your Work Package’s KPIs and objectives?

PLANNED TRAINING

• Does your WP plan to offer any training this year?
• What support might you need from GLAD? When?