Question: Give me an example of a time when you had to motivate yourself.

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

How do you keep yourself motivated?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

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

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Personality-Organization Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

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 logical thinking.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Answers that reveal illogical thinking.

Sample Answer:

Once I was working on a project with limited resources and a lot of challenges. I stayed focus on the goal, thinking that it will be a great accomplishment to pull it through. That kept me motivated and luckily I was able to complete the project successfully.

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