What is a good response to each?

Cheers

When did you work in a team? What was your role? and when did you work independantly? What did you achieve?

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Body Mods Group

Audiogasm

Stocktake= individual?

Team= ??

Now, this doesn't mean that every answer of yours has to be an essay. Interviews are all about learning who you are, and why you would be the best candidate for a certain job.

In my interviews, I'm not looking for necessarily the BEST application, but the best learner, the person who can BECOME my best employee. We have training for a reason, and no one expects you to have all the answers, expertise, and experience before you're hired. Showing that you are able to learn and absorb everything they wish to teach you really is important, but more importantly showing that you are a great person and a hard worker. No one wants to be surrounded by sour pusses who hate their job, even if they are the best at their jobs.

Also, don't feel like you have to ramble on with an essay for every answer. I'm sure they will be happy to ask follow up questions as well. Also don't be afraid to revist the same idea in a few answers (sometimes you can talk about a group project for your "have you ever worked with a team" answer, but you can also explain it for the answer to "when is a time you had to overcome a struggle" or "when is a time you had to help two coworkers get along" or even "how do you deal with conflict within the workplace").

Post edited at 11:28 am on Sep. 4, 2008 by JennyColada

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So when you're happy (Hurray!), or sad (Aw!),
Or frightened (Eeek!), or mad (Rats!)
An interjection starts a sentence right.