How Do You Motivate Your Team? Interview Question Answered
Channel: Enhance.training
Date: 2021-04-15

How do you motivate your team is an interview question that is often asked in a set of manager interview questions or if you might be managing a team in the future. 

Interviewers are interested in how you motivate teams because a well-motivated team performs better, delivers more and is likely to have less staff members leave. All are very important benefits for the company. 

Because of the importance of team motivation on performance, your answer is often a make or break answer. Get it wrong or give a weak answer and you may easily find yourself out of the running for the job.
 
What makes the “How do you motivate your team” interview question even harder to answer well is that your answer needs to be based on your approach. This makes it one of the tough interview questions for managers. 

If you just come up with generic answers that you can find in management book, an experienced interviewer will spot these a mile off and either dig into your answer with more interview questions or mark you down. 

By asking this interview questions, the interviewer will be expecting to find out:
1. How experienced a manager you are
2. What your approach to team management and team motivation is 
3. How effective your approach might be
4. If your approach fits with what is needed in the team  

For this interview questions and answers – take a look at the two example answers for manager and leaders at the end of the video.

We suggest 11 different areas that you might want to include in your answer  to this leadership interview questions.

For more information on how do you motivate your team as a manager, then take a look at this video https://youtu.be/Vvpa98a_wDY

00:00 Intro
01:27 What is the Interviewer looking for
03:02 What you should include in your answer
05:12 Keep in mind the problems you need to solve
06:20 How long should I take to answer this interview question
06:51 Practicing your answer
07:11 Example Answer – Professional or Junior Manager
08:02 Example answer – Senior Manager
09:50 Summary

Other videos that you will find useful:
How do I Prepare for a Management Interview        https://youtu.be/bUNxkvb1wZ4
How to Prepare for an Interview                                 https://youtu.be/ydC2D7oMxo4
30-60-90 Day Plans for managers                              https://youtu.be/O1Py9yMhNBA

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