Data Gathering & Analysis

Sample Behavioral Indicators

• Identifies issues, problems, or opportunities and determine what action is needed.
• Gathers and compiles data using various data collection techniques.
• Clearly documents sources and validates the accuracy of data/information.
• Seeks additional resources when gaps are identified.
• Identifies trends in data.

Sample Behavioral-Based Interview Questions

• Tell me about a time where your failure to gather sufficient information resulted in your making a decision or taking an action that you probably should not have done.
• Describe a time where your patience in gathering information paid off.
• Tell me about the most difficult time you have had in the last couple of years gathering the information you needed for a task or project.
• Give an example of a time where, because you didn’t have enough information, you felt it was wise not to voice your opinion on something.

Recommended Resources

• Analysis Without Paralysis: 12 Tools to Make Better Strategic Decisions (Bensoussan and Fleisher). Upper Saddle River, 2013.
• Thinking in New Boxes: A New Paradigm for Business Creativity (Brabandere and Iny). Random House, (2013).