Question: In your opinion, what is the most important thing you have learned in school?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

In your opinion, what is the most important thing you have learnt in school?

Follow-up questions:

Why?
How did you learn this?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Traditional

Skills:

Basic – Active Learning

Other Factors:

Entry Level (New Graduate),Motivation/Ambition/Aspiration,Personal Improvement (Growth),Rapport Building Question,Self-Awareness

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

As a general and relatively open question, you are generally looking for character traits and career/life motivations. At a baseline level, you are looking out for the interviewee’s ability to learn.

Red Flags to Watch For:

If they learned nothing in school.

Sample Answer:

N/A

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