The interview process was well scripted.

The three people interviewing me asked me to relate situations from my experience on topics such as leadership and integrity.

The goal of this technique is to understand not only how you handled the situation but the thinking process behind the decisions I made and, more importantly, how I developed from them.

This process made it difficult to move the interview from a deposition to a discussion.

I had decided before the interview to focus on three key themes that I wanted to relate to the interviewers, and while answering their scripted questions, I kept returning to those three themes.

• One of those themes was to demonstrate my leadership experience.
• Another of those themes was to lay out a clear vision of how I would proceed if given the job.

The interview went well for me using these techniques.

What was most unexpected for me was the lack of technical questions. Granted that it was a group management position, but one of the key elements of that position, in my opinion, is technical understanding. Then the heavy hand of the script didn't seem to allow for those types of questions.