Assessment 5 Instructions: Behavioral-Based Interview Preparation
Write responses (4-5 pages) to behavioral-based interview questions about leadership as part of the preparation for
an interview for an HIM leadership position. Write an additional reflection paper (2 pages) that assesses the
response to a leadership challenge against Kouzes and Posner’s five practices of exemplary leadership.
Introduction
As a HIM professional, how will you respond to rapid, constantly evolving changes in the U.S. health care system?
How will you stay motivated and contribute to the goals for a well-functioning health care system? The answers to
questions such as these revolve around leadership and management, regardless of whether you are an individual
contributor or someone who has actual responsibility for leading and managing others.
The ability to manage and lead oneself and others is important in every career, organization, sector, community, and
country. The U.S. health care system requires much extraordinary work to be done. In the words of renowned
transformational leadership theorists, Kouzes and Posner, “We need more exemplary leaders, and we need them
now more than ever (2013).”
In this final course assessment, you are to assume that all of your hard work in your courses has paid off. You have
scored an interview for an HIM leadership position with one of the health care organizations on your short list of
preferred employers. You have done your homework. You have carefully researched the organization and located
colleagues in your network who have worked there or who are currently working there. You have learned that this
organization has adopted a behavioral-based interviewing approach. With this approach, employers ask questions
that require candidates to relate examples from their experience of when they have demonstrated the keycompetencies required for a leadership position.
Reference
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2013). The student leadership challenge. Retrieved
from http://www.studentleadershipchallenge.com/About/about-landing.aspx
Demonstration of Proficiency
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies
through the following assessment scoring guide criteria:
Competency 3: Interpret theories of leadership and management for health systems and health information
management.
Describe a time that required demonstrating leadership in a challenging situation and the response of
others.
Recommend potential improvements to the response to leadership challenges.
Explain the outcome of the challenging situation.
Assess leadership performance in a challenging situation against five practices of exemplary
leadership.Competency 4: Communicate in a professional manner.
Create a clear, well organized, professional document that is generally free from errors in grammar,
punctuation, and spelling.
Follow APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Preparation
In the second part of your assessment, you will have the opportunity to reflect on how effectively you have
demonstrated Kouzes and Posner’s five practices of exemplary leadership. Click below to review those five practices
now:
Posner, B. Z. & Kouzes, J. M. (2017, August 2). 5 practices of exemplary leadership. Retrieved from
https://www.success.com/article/5-practices-of-exemplary-leadership
Instructions
This assessment is in two parts. In part one, you will prepare responses to behavioral-based questions about
leadership you think the interviewer will ask you. In the second part of the assessment, you will have the opportunity
to reflect on how effectively you have demonstrated Kouzes’ and Posner’s five practices of exemplary leadership.
Part One
As part of your your interview preparation, you have researched and identified five questions commonly asked about
leadership in behavior-based interviewing. You are now taking some time to formulate responses to these questions
so that you have a good idea of what you are going to say.
Remember: You do not have to actually hold a management or leadership position to act like a leader. People have
the opportunity to demonstrate leadership every day. Consider how you coach your child’s soccer team. Think about
your participation in various professional or community organizations. Also, reflect on your current job. Even though
your title may not say that you are a manger, you still demonstrate leadership every day when performing your
duties.
As you write your responses, include as many specifics and examples as possible so that the interviewer has a good
understanding of your leadership approach and performance as a leader. Your responses to the interview questions
needs to be between four to five double-spaced pages. Here are your interview questions:
1. Describe a time when you have demonstrated leadership in a challenging situation. In your response, be sure
to describe the challenging situation in sufficient detail. Also, explain why it was challenging for you.
2. How did those around you respond to your leadership?
3. How did you respond to those who may have challenged you?
4. What was the outcome to this challenging situation?
5. If you had it to do over, what would you do differently? In your response, be sure to consider what you could
have done differently to effect a better outcome. Also, consider what you could have done differently to
demonstrate respect for the team as a whole and for individual team members.
Part Two
Now that you are prepared to respond to the interview questions, write a short two-page reflection paper on how
you demonstrated Kouzes’ and Posner’s five practices of exemplary leadership. Be sure to address each of the five practices even if you did not demonstrate them in your challenging situation. Consider how you could have
incorporated these practices in your situation.
Additional Requirements
Length: 5 to 7 double-spaced pages. 4 to 5 pages for your responses to the interview questions; 2 pages for
your reflection on your demonstration of Kouzes’ and Posner’s five practices of exemplary leadership.
Font: Times New Roman, 12-point.
References: Follow current APA style and formatting guidelines for citations and references.
Writing: Create two clearly written, organized, professional documents that are generally free from errors in
grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
