Question: If you were on a desert island and could only bring three things, what would you bring?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

Why these items?
What would you use these items for?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Unconventional

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Basic – Science and Logic

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility),Cognitive – Deductive Reasoning,Cognitive – Originality,Cognitive – Speed of Closure (Thinking Speed)

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Estimating Characteristics of Objects, Events, or Information,Mental Processes – Developing Objectives and Strategies,Mental Processes – Thinking Creatively (Creativity)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking,Innovation

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

You are looking for how fast the interviewee can come up with the number of items, i.e. their thinking speed. You can also roughly see if the interviewee falls into one of two camps, people who think creatively about solutions, and people who think analytically about solutions.

Red Flags to Watch For:

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Sample Answer:

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