I like to ask "Tell me about a time where you failed at an assignment/project/task. What happened and why?"
This does several things for me.
1. If they blurt out some horrific situation, then you know to keep looking. I had one candidate go into detail about an argument with a former...
In high school (small community, 35 in my graduating class) there were 4 of us who petitioned the school board to get additional advanced math/science classes available(e.g. level 2 calc, trig/stat, chem 2). Luckily, the teachers were willing to give up their 'prep' periods to teach us.
I'm...
