Accountability

Sample Behavioral Indicators

• Meet personal commitments to others on time.
• Accepts responsibility when outcomes are not met.

Sample Behavioral-Based Interview Questions

• Describe a time you had to take responsibility for a mistake.
• Tell us how you take ownership for your job duties.
• Describe a time you displayed your commitment to organizational success.
• Describe a decision for which you took full responsibility.
• Tell us how you actively contributed to the organization’s mission and values in your previous position.

Recommended Resources

• Accountability: The Key to Driving a High-Performance Culture (Bustin). McGraw-Hill, 2014.
• The Outward Mindset: Seeing Beyond Ourselves (The Arbinger Institute). Berrett-Koehler, 2016.
• Winning with Accountability: The Secret Language of High-Performing Organizations (Evans). Cornerstone, 2008.