Who reports to you directly and indirectly?

How involved are you in hiring/firing/training?

What are your administrative responsibilities?

What areas are you directly accountable for?

How involved are you in short/long-range business planning?

How much of you time is spent in revenue-creation activities?

What are the contributions you've made to your department?

Describe the most difficult aspects of your duties.

What strengths/weaknesses were noted on your last evaluation?

What are the duties of the people you manage?

How would you describe your management style?

What other departments do you deal with daily?

What are the limits of your decision-making authority?

What kind of reports do you prepare and how often?

How do you organize and schedule your subordinates?

Tell me about a recent crisis which you handled.

How do you go about orienting new employees?

What sort of tasks do you delegate to others?

What type of people do you interact well with?

How do you organize and coordinate staff meetings?

What sort of employee discipline guidelines do you follow?

What do you do when a staff member resists following policy?

How do you react to poor performance by staff?

How do you take direction and criticism?

Who was the best manager you ever had and why?

What is the difference between supervision and management?

How do you handle change?

How do you make important decisions?

What do you look for in people you hire?

How do you deal with the pressures of your responsibilities?

How do you feel you could improve as a manager/leader?

What does leadership mean to you?