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NEWEST TOUGH INTERVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
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Every few weeks we pose a question you might get asked during an interview and a suggestion on how you might formulate your answer.
This week’s question:
How do you organize and plan for major projects?
This is a great question because it encourages an applicant to refine what they meant when they said they were “detail oriented” on their resume, in their cover letter or in an interview. It’s an oft-used phrase, but now the interviewer wants more details on what it really means to you, the applicant. Start by telling them that first you must understand the objective of an assignment to best know how to execute a plan and all that is involved so as to have a successful outcome. Explain that you make notes and lists to ensure nothing gets left out; then explain that you evaluate and analyze needs, materials, personnel, budgets and costs so that you can prioritize procedures for the most effective execution. Let your inquisitor know that you will delegate and assign tasks to others as needed, but will carry as much load of a project as is necessary and assume the responsibility for its completion. Use one or two PAR (Problem, Action, Resolution) statements to illustrate how you proceeded on a previous project, conveying actions you took and the final (positive) result of your efforts. Describe in a brief, succinct example how you planned out and executed the project and how it was received to competently convey your ability to handle the work that could be sent your way in this new position for which you are applying.
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