Question: When you were a child, what did you want to be when you ‘grew up’?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

What did you want to be when you were a kid?

Follow-up questions:

What motivated you to choose this career for yourself?
How do you plan to achieve that?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Traditional

Skills:

Basic – Active Learning,Basic – Learning Strategies,Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment)

Abilities:

Cognitive – Information Ordering,Cognitive – Originality,Cognitive – Visualisation

Other Factors:

Big 5 – Openness to Experience (Open Mindedness),Personal Improvement (Growth),Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Mental Processes – Developing Objectives and Strategies

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Adaptability/Flexibility,Patience,Persistence/Perseverance

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

Look how much determined the employee is. Did they have any plan or structure to work on their dream.

Red Flags to Watch For:

If they are giving general statements and answers such as working for a reputed company.

Sample Answer:

Employee should have a realistic goal for themselves which is measurable and one that has a time line attached to it. Having a definite plan to achieve that.

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