What was your toughest recent search? Why was it so challenging, and how did you pivot and adapt along the way?

Follow-up questions:

What did you learn from that search?

How did you partner with your hiring managers to navigate this search? What did you own? What did they own?

How have you applied your learnings to future situations?

If the candidate isn’t specific or keeps it high-level: Were there any specific, tactical changes you had to make? What were they, and what were the results?

What, specifically, made this search harder than other searches? Were there any stakeholders you had to involve and get buy-in from to adapt to these changes? If so, how did you go about doing that?