551. When did you take the risk?

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Can you tell me about a time when you had to take a significant risk in your work?

Skill Assessed
  • 1. Risk Assessment : Assessing the ability to evaluate the potential risks and benefits of a decision.

  • 2. Decision Making : Examining how you make tough decisions, particularly when faced with uncertainty or high stakes.

  • 3. Judgment : Judging your ability to consider various outcomes and make a calculated move.

  • 4. Courage : Demonstrating the courage to step out of comfort zones and take bold steps.

Purpose
  • 1. Evaluating past behavior : Understanding how you've dealt with past situations requiring risk.

  • 2. Predicting future behavior : Predicting how you might handle similar risky situations in the future.

  • 3. Assessing impact on the team and project : Considering how your risk-taking affects team dynamics and project outcomes.

  • 4. Identifying learning and growth : Identifying what you learned from taking risks and how it contributed to your professional growth.


Hints
  • 1. Reflect on a strategic risk : Think of a time when you took a calculated risk that had the potential to bring significant benefit or innovation to your project or team.

  • 2. Outline the decision-making process : Describe the steps you took to evaluate the risk and the factors you considered before making a decision.

  • 3. Discuss the outcome and learning : Be ready to discuss the outcome, whether it was successful or not, and what you learned from the experience.

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Adaptability
Leadership
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Amazon
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