I also like the question about risk-taking. It does the things you listed, and it also may reveal employees who aren’t doing a thorough job of risk analysis. It’s good to know in advance is someone isn’t good at seeing all the potential costs of taking a certain action.

If also provides an opportunity for explaining what the applicant did to mitigate those risks.

3. Tell me what are the first 5 things you would do if you got this position?

This tells you how far ahead the person plans and how well they’d fit the position. If they don’t know what they’d do during the interview, they won’t know what to do when you hire them.

6. What risks did you take in your last position?

This is a great question because some employers don’t want you to take big risks. It also exposes those who never take risks; those people usually don’t innovate, and they usually don’t have much self confidence.