The typical interview will focus around four basic types of interview questions. By knowing what they are you will be better prepared for your next interview.

1. The Avery Point Group  Six Sigma
 Lean Transformation
Let Us Lead You to Executive Talent SM  Operational Excellence
 Plant Management
 Operations Management
 Supply Chain Management
 Finance Management
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The typical interview will focus around four basic types of interview questions. Overview
By knowing what they are you will be better prepared for your next interview. The Avery Point Group is a global
executive search and recruiting firm that
Resume related questions: These questions will relate to your past assists companies in identifying,
experience, skills, job responsibilities, education, upbringing, personal assessing and recruiting mid-level
management to senior executive talent.
interests, and so on. These questions will require accurate, focused answers, Our firm leverages its principals’
since your resume consists of facts which tend to be quantifiable (and decades of executive operations and
verifiable). Try to avoid answers which exaggerate your achievements, or staffing experience to provide the
appear to be opinionated, vague, or egocentric. highest quality executive search
services.
Past performance related questions: With these questions interviewers will
usually want you to comment on your abilities and assess your past Our firm provides functional expertise
performance. They’ll ask self-appraisal questions like, “Tell me about a work- and executive search focus in the areas
related accomplish that you are most proud of and why?” Or questions like, of Six Sigma, Lean, operational
excellence, plant management,
“Can you tell me about a situation in which you… ?”. operations management, supply chain
management, and finance. As executive
Hypothetical scenario questions: With these questions interviewers will want recruiters our practice services a wide
to know how you respond to different situations. These questions will ask you spectrum of industries, spanning
to explore hypothetical scenarios that may occur in the future. “How would you manufacturing, distribution and service-
handle this type of situation?” or, “How would you go about laying off 130 based companies.
employees?” or, “How would you handle customer complaints with regard to a
major quality issue?” are typical situation questions. Download our web brochure:
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unqualified for this position. Why should we even waste our time talking?”
Stress questions are designed to evaluate your emotional reflexes, creativity, Learn about our Search Process:
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Even if it were possible to anticipate every interview question, memorizing LeanSigmaTalent.com
dozens of stock answers would be impractical, to say the least. The best policy
is to review your background, your priorities, and your reasons for considering Our Mission
a new position; and to handle the interview as honestly as you can. If you do The Avery Point Group's mission is to
not know the answer to a question, just say so, or ask for a moment to think assist our clients in defining their
leadership needs, then find, and deliver
about your response. those leaders essential to our clients’
success. Our priority is to provide
superior service that exceeds our
clients’ expectations and critical to
quality (CTQ) requirements.
We create executive search strategies
based on a client’s individual critical to
quality staffing needs. We leverage our
Lean Sigma Search™ value stream
process, our broad industry knowledge
and our extensive database of contacts
to find candidates who are uniquely
qualified to fill our clients’ most critical
mid-to senior-level leadership roles.

2. The Avery Point Group  Six Sigma
 Lean Transformation
Let Us Lead You to Executive Talent SM  Operational Excellence
 Plant Management
 Operations Management
 Supply Chain Management
 Finance Management
PROCESS and Lean Sigma SearchTM Process practice services a wide spectrum of industries,
spanning manufacturing, distribution and
SERVICES service-based companies.
Our Contingent Search Services:
 Leverage our principals’ decades of executive
operations and staffing experience.
 Leverage our extensive proprietary database of
contacts and candidates.
 Leverage our Lean Sigma Search™ value
Search excellence starts with the sound stream process to find the ideal candidate.
foundation of a well-defined and consistent  Our clients only pay upon the successful
search methodology. Our Lean Sigma Search™ placement of our presented candidates.
value stream process methodology incorporates  Fee is based on a percentage of the candidate’s
a unique Lean Six Sigma approach to filling our first year’s total compensation.
clients’ staffing needs.  We offer our clients a 60-day replacement
guarantee.
An important foundation of Lean Six Sigma
methodology is the concept of waste and defect Our Retained Search Services:
elimination. Lean Six Sigma defines a defect in
terms of meeting the specifications, expectations  Leverage our principals’ decades of executive
and requirements of the customer. What is a operations and staffing experience.
defect with regard to the executive search  Leverage our extensive proprietary database of
process? Presenting unqualified candidates, contacts and candidates.
candidates with missing skill sets and candidates  Leverage our Lean Sigma Search™ value
who don’t fit the corporate culture and chemistry stream process to find the ideal candidate.
of the client are just some examples of waste  Client site visit to gain improved insight into
and defects that can result from a poor search company culture = improved candidate fit.
process.  Face to face or video conference interview with
full candidate assessment process
At The Avery Point Group we practice what we methodology: Position Benchmarking
preach when it comes to Lean Six Sigma. Our Specification, Full Written Interview Evaluation,
experience has shown us the importance of and Full Candidate Summary
incorporating the voice of the client (VOC) at  At a minimum, 3 - 4 candidates meeting our
each critical phase in the value stream clients’ requirements will be presented in 60
placement process. We take great care in days.
defining and characterizing the client’s critical to  Fee is based on a percentage of the candidate’s
quality (CTQs) requirements, up front, to ensure first year’s total compensation.
successful screening and placement of  One-third of the estimated fee is paid up front to
candidates, thus avoiding waste and defects engage our search services.
that can cost a client time, money, and worse  We offer our clients a 90-day replacement
yet, a poor placement. guarantee.
Each phase of our Lean Sigma Search™ value
stream process is designed to move the process
along efficiently and effectively through our
executive search value stream, thus enabling us
to exceed our clients’ expectations and
requirements.
The Avery Point Group, Inc.
Executive Search Services 4555 Mansell Road – Suite 300
We provide both a contingent and retained Alpharetta, Georgia
search focus with functional expertise in the 30022 USA
areas of Six Sigma, Lean, operational
 excellence, plant management, operations
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