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Fearless Interviewing

This time, the interviewee:

• Selected three top personal traits from his skills arsenal
• Elaborated on one qualitative example of the results of his
work.

The same strategy applies for the next question:

QUESTION: What do you think your former coworkers would say about
you?
ANSWER: I think they would say that I’m friendly, efficient,
and professional. An example of my friendliness is
that I always make it a policy to take a coworker
out to lunch sometime during his or her first week
of employment. I know how it feels to be new and
how much it is appreciated when another em-
ployee makes the effort to reach out. It’s important
to me to help my coworkers feel comfortable. I’d
like to bring the same kind of friendliness to your
customers.

Confused? After a few more examples, you’ll get the hang
of it:

QUESTION: What accomplishments are you most proud of?
ANSWER: I’m most proud of producing, writing, and directing
my own documentary, of winning a citywide
triathlon, and of producing a show for CBS televi-
sion. When I produced a movie-of the-week for CBS,
I was able to cut three days out of the production
schedule, saving the company over $650,000.

Again, the interviewee:

• Picked three accomplishments (one from his personal life)
• Elaborated on one of those accomplishments with a Q
statement

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