Assignment

How would you encourage diversity among volunteers?

How would you promote the recognition of volunteers' work in the community?

Imagine one of the most committed volunteers tells you they want to quit. What do you say?

You will need to work with people who don't receive any compensation for what they do. How do you motivate/reward them?

Imagine you interview a volunteer who seems a nice, outgoing and enthusiastic person. Yet you find that they lack time-management and organizational skills. What do you do?

If you didn't have enough volunteers, would you take any person who applied? What would it take for you to refuse a volunteer?

How would you rate yourself as a leader?

Do you find our mission important and why?

"We cannot change the outcome, but we can affect the journey."

How does your experience make you right for this role?

What's your experience with databases?

How would you use them to recruit volunteers?

What system would you use to keep track of volunteers?

Are you familiar with background checks?

When would it be necessary to conduct one?

What's your experience in training volunteers/employees?

What type of software do you think a volunteer coordinator needs?

Have you used any in the past?

What do you need to know to create a schedule for volunteers?

Describe a time you dealt with an argument between volunteers

Recall an instance in your time as a volunteer when you found it difficult to stay motivated. What did you do? What do you think a volunteer coordinator should have done?

Tell me about a time you had to work while being short staffed. How did you manage?

Describe a project/event you coordinated successfully