Question: Describe your goal setting process.

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Give me an example of how you set goals and achieve them.
Explain to me your goal setting process. How do you do then go about achieving these goals?
How do you set goals?

Follow-up questions:

How do you track your progress?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

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

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Motivation/Ambition/Aspiration,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

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

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Analytical Thinking

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s organization skills.
The candidate’s aspirations and motivation.
The candidate’s logical thinking.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s poor organization skills.
The candidate’s lack of aspirations and motivation.

Sample Answer:

My goals are based on priorities. Whenever I set goals, I always make sure that everything is aligned – resources, timing, and other factors. Then I set my long term and short term goals. I track my progress based on reasonable timelines.

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