What leadership skills do you want your assistant principal to excel at? What can I do to prepare myself to become a highly effective assistant principal position? State and National Educational leadership Standards highlight the importance of instructional leadership and student achievement. What do you do as a principal to ensure your students make learning gains? How do you recruit, retain, and build capacity in your teaching faculty? What measures have you taken to ensure a safe and appropriate learning environment? What has been your biggest leadership challenge? What did you do to overcome this challenge? What has been your biggest accomplishment? Develop your own question. Develop your own