Interview Examples

I’m continuing this week with the interview recording from the administrative assistant I started last week.  The question in this recording is: Tell me about a time when you helped a coworker improve their performance. Listen to the Interview Answer(Time 1:37) This is interview was recorded and posted with the permission of the job seeker. [...]

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For the last month, I’ve been posting recordings from an interview with a transitioning military officer.  This week, I’m making a shift to another job seeker – a professional administrative assistant.  Top-notch admin assistants are unbelievably valuable to the companies and executives they work for.  This individual has some great experiences, but has never been [...]

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I have one final interview answer from a transitioning military officer.  Each week for the last four weeks, I’ve shared one question from this interview.  Next week, I’ll have a recording from a different interview. The answer in the recording below is to this questions: What are you better at now than a year ago? [...]

Continue reading Military Officer Interview: Professional Development Question

Yesterday, I posted the recording of a transitioning military officer I interviewed. The question asked was: Tell me about a time when your planning led to positive results. This is a typical behavior based question and gives a job seeker the opportunity to discuss an accomplishment demonstrating their planning and organization. The answer the transitioning [...]

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I have another interview answer from a transitioning military officer to share.  The question I asked was: Tell me about a time when your planning led to positive results. Listen to the answer (Time 3:28) Just as I did the last two weeks, I’m posting the recording today, and will post my assessment of the [...]

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Yesterday’s post contained a recording an interview question and answer.  The interview was with a transitioning military officer and the question asked was “Tell me about a time when you helped someone improve their performance.” Below is my assessment of the answer. The interview answer was a pretty good answer. It directly related to the [...]

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Below is a recording of an interview answer given by a transitioning military officer.  The question I asked is a typical behavioral based interview question: “Tell me about a time when you helped someone improve their performance.” Listen to the Answer (Time:  3:25) Please post your comments on the answer this individual gave.  In tomorrow’s [...]

Continue reading Interview Recording: Developing a Team Member

In the recording I posted yesterday, you heard me ask a transitioning military office the ice breaker question that kicks off most interviews – "Tell me about yourself."  The answer included the officer’s military career in chronological order and concluded with some information about hobbies. Overall, this wasn’t a bad answer and is typical of [...]

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Recently, I conducted a practice interview a military officer preparing to transition into the civilian workforce. As with most interviews, the first question I asked was “Tell Me About Yourself.”  Many interviews start with this and it’s a question many job seekers find challenging.  Listen to this individual’s answer and assess it for the following: [...]

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