Question: What aspect of a job is most important to you?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

What is most important to you in a job?
What are the most important things you look for in a job.

Follow-up questions:

What was the basis of your answer?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Traditional

Skills:

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 – Estimating Characteristics of Objects, Events, or Information,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s analytical and logical thinking.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Answers that reveal poor analytical and illogical thinking.

Sample Answer:

N/A

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