1. Accounts payable: Would you rather work in accounts payable, paying the bills, or in sales, bringing the money in? Why?, 2. Accounts receivable: How should a company deal with a big customer who always pays late?, 3. After-sales: Can good after-sales service make up for a weak product?, 4. Assembly line: Could you work on an assembly line for a year? What would keep you motivated?, 5. Autonomy: How much autonomy do you have in your job, and would you like more or less?, 6. The Board: If you sat on the Board of your company, what would be the first issue you'd raise?, 7. Branch manager: Should a branch manager be someone from the local area or someone sent from head office?, 8. Chain of command: Have you ever had to go over your boss's head and break the chain of command?, 9. Chairman: Should the chairman and the CEO always be two different people?, 10. CEO: Would you like to be a CEO one day, or does the job look too stressful?, 11. CFO: Why do you think CFOs are often seen as the “bad guys” in a company?, 12. COO: If you were the COO of your company for a week, which process would you fix first?, 13. Consultant: Are management consultants worth the money, or do they just tell companies what they already know?, 14. Cross-departmental team: What's the biggest challenge of working in a cross-departmental team?, 15. Decentralized: Do decentralized companies make better decisions than centralized ones?, 16. Department: Which department in your company has the best reputation, and why?, 17. Department head: What makes a department head respected by the team?, 18. Distribution: How has online shopping changed the way companies handle distribution?, 19. Division: Should divisions of the same company compete with each other?, 20. Employee relations: What's the most common cause of bad employee relations?, 21. Executive director: Would you prefer an executive director who came up through the company or one hired from outside?, 22. Financial controller: Would you enjoy the job of a financial controller? Why or why not?, 23. Functional organization: What are the advantages of organizing a company by function, such as sales, finance and production?, 24. General manager: What qualities does a good general manager need that a specialist doesn't?, 25. Hierarchical structure: Do you work better in a hierarchical structure or in a flat one?, 26. Human Resources: Is Human Resources there to help employees or to protect the company?, 27. Line authority: Would you rather have line authority over a team or an advisory role with no direct reports?, 28. Managing director: What decision would you make on your first day as managing director?, 29. Matrix management: Would you like to report to two bosses at the same time? What could go wrong?, 30. Non-executive director: Why do you think companies bring in non-executive directors from outside?, 31. Organigram: If you drew your company's organigram, how many levels would it have?, 32. Procurement: What's the most important thing when choosing a supplier: price, quality or reliability?, 33. Production: Should production stay in Poland or move to cheaper countries?, 34. Project manager: What's the hardest part of being a project manager?, 35. Quality control: Have you ever bought a product that clearly failed quality control?, 36. Recruitment: What's the strangest question you've ever been asked during recruitment?, 37. Regional director: Would you accept a regional director job if it meant travelling every week?, 38. Report to somebody: Who do you report to, and how often do you meet that person?, 39. Research and Development: Should companies spend more on Research and Development even when profits are falling?, 40. Sales targets: Do sales targets motivate people or just make them stressed?, 41. Shareholder: Should companies care more about shareholders or employees?, 42. Shift: Could you work night shifts for a better salary?, 43. Site manager: What does a site manager need to do to keep a construction site safe?, 44. Staff morale: What's the quickest way to improve staff morale?, 45. Staff position: Would you prefer a staff position as an assistant or a line position with your own team?, 46. Staff turnover: What does high staff turnover tell you about a company?, 47. Subordinate: How would you feel if a former subordinate became your boss?, 48. Superior: Is it ever a good idea to become friends with your superior?, 49. Supervisor: What's the difference between a good supervisor and a bad one?, 50. Vice President: Why do some companies have dozens of Vice Presidents? Does the title still mean anything?

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