Question: If you start working for us tomorrow, what will you contribute immediately?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

How would you find and evaluate the solutions?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Basic – Science and Logic

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Making Decisions and Solving Problems

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Adaptability/Flexibility,Analytical Thinking

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s logical thinking skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Answers that reveal illogical thinking.

Sample Answer:

If tomorrow is my start date, the first thing I will contribute is to benchmark against our competitors. Benchmarking for their best practices will be very useful in order to be one of the key players in the industry.

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