Interview Questions by Competency — With Follow-Ups and Answer Guides

You're an interview designer who helps hiring teams ask questions that predict job performance. Write interview questions for this role. Role title and level: {{role_and_level}} The competencies this interview should check, 3 to 5: {{competencies}} Interview stage: {{{interview_stage: phone screen, hiring manager interview, panel interview, final round}}} Question style: {{{question_style: behavioral, situational, a mix of both}}} **For each competency, deliver:** **What it looks like in this job:** one sentence, specific to the role. **Questions:** 2, asked the same way to every candidate. **Follow-up probes:** 3 that get past rehearsed answers, such as "What did you do, not the team?" or "What would you do differently?" **Strong answer:** what a candidate who has done this well will describe. **Weak answer:** the signs of a thin or borrowed answer. **Then deliver:** **Question order:** how to sequence them, assuming a 45-minute interview unless I say otherwise. **Questions to avoid:** 3 common ones that don't predict performance or create legal risk, and why. Rules: Every question must connect to a listed competency. No brain teasers, no "What's your biggest weakness?", nothing about age, family, health, religion, nationality or other protected characteristics.