Description
Describe a situation where you had to make a sacrifice to achieve a goal or support the team. What was the sacrifice and how did you handle it?
1. Decision-making : Assesses candidate's ability to make tough choices where a trade-off is involved, highlighting their decision-making process.
2. Prioritization : Evaluates the candidate's ability to identify what is most important in a given situation and act accordingly.
3. Commitment : Shows the candidate's dedication to their goals or the company's goals, even when it requires personal sacrifice.
4. Emotional intelligence : Reflects on the candidate's self-awareness and control in the face of sacrifices, as well as their consideration for the impact on others.
1. Determination assessment : To understand the extent a candidate will go to ensure a project's or team's success.
2. Value alignment : To see if the candidate's values and actions align with the company's culture of putting team and project success first.
3. Resilience gauge : To get insights into how the candidate deals with tough situations and rebounds from them.
4. Team player evaluation : To ascertain the candidate's willingness to put the team's needs before their own, when necessary.
1. Situation selection : Choose an experience that showcases a significant sacrifice which also provided clear value to the project or team.
2. Outcome focus : Highlight the positive outcomes resulting from your sacrifice to prove that your decision had a beneficial impact.
3. Learning emphasis : Discuss what you learned from making that sacrifice and how it shaped your future actions or decisions.