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Describe how you accomplished a particular task? I get asked this in reference to the particular skills required for the job. For example they ask my how I designed a new module for a software implementation. Or how I created a new workflow. I tend to go into the step by step guide, but can this be answered with the CAR method?
A good interview question. Yes, this can get answered via the CAR method. Virtually no company does things the same way even when they call it the same, so it is important to provide the Context to the the step-by-step Actions you would take. And, you always want to show Results.
Since no company does the same thing the same way, context is very important so the hiring manager doesn't think you are doing something crazy because it is so different from what they do now — because it is called the same thing your company does.
Context, in your examples, would be used to define the “rules of the road” in your current job — approach, documentation, PMO hurdles, etc.
Context would also be used to talk about a specific module for software implementation — this allows you to define the business need and help see where you will end. By seeing where the finished module will end, it will enable the hiring manager to more easily follow your step-by-step approach for the skills.
On the results side, you can take how your module helped the business, or you could talk about what you learned about going through the process or simply show that you can deliver on commitments.
So use the step-by-step approach; it is a good on. But the “Cubicle Warrior” difference in providing context about what the steps were about before giving the steps and showing the results from the steps followed will really set you apart from your competition.
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Do you have any questions for me? What are the interviewers looking for when they ask this. Should you ask about results they achieved as a result of a certain process? Should it be based on the job description. You can always go to the website, but what makes you stand out when asked this broad question.
Pra,
If you look at the “Interview Questions” category, you'll find many questions to ask the hiring manager when you get the “What questions do you have for me?”
Generally, they focus on two areas: the hiring manager's management style and how the team is evaluated.
You need to determine if the manager's style fill fit the way you work. Do you want a manager that looks at all the details or do you want someone to leave you alone to do your work? Do you want a manager that focuses on your activities or only your results? Getting this fit right comes out in your questions for your potential manager.
You want to understand how the team is evaluated because that is how YOU will be evaluated. Does the manager have great goals for individuals on the team to achieve? Can individual members measure their progress to the goals? Will the goals change as the business conditions change or will they stay the same?
You want to see how you are measured for your performance. You want to know how the team is evaluated. You want to see if what the team does matches up with how you work your best.
So your interview questions to the manager is all about fit — your fit with the manager's style and how your team operates matching with your best ways of working.
If the manager style and team evaluations don't match up with your best ways of working, you'll have a hard time fitting in with the team — and risking your performance review.
Good question! Hope this helps answer it.
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