Question: To your knowledge, can technology improve efficiency at work? Please use an example to support your answer.

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Do you think that technology can help to achieve better efficiency at work? And can you give me an example to explain your thinking?

Follow-up questions:

Was there ever a time when you experienced hurdles related to technology? What did you do?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Knowledge:

Engineering and Technology,Management

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Management of Material Resources,Systems – Judgment and Decision Making,Technical (General)

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Big 5 – Openness to Experience (Open Mindedness),Practical Intelligence (Street Smarts)

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Estimating Characteristics of Objects, Events, or Information,Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Information Input – Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials (for Problem Identification),Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge,Work Output – Interacting With Computers

Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):

Job Structure – Duration of Typical Work Week,Job Structure – Handling Repetition (Importance of Repeating Same Tasks),Job Structure – Handling Time Pressure,Job Structure – Structured versus Unstructured Work,Job Structure – Work Accuracy (Importance of Being Exact or Accurate)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Adaptability/Flexibility,Innovation

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s resourcefulness in using technology to achieve efficiency.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s unwillingness to embrace technology as a tool in achieving efficiency thereby exposing his/her unwillingness to improve himself/herself.
Answers that reveal ‘technophobia’ (excessive fear of technology) and unwillingness to overcome it.

Sample Answer:

Yes, technology contributes to work efficiency. Back in the day, people would spend hours doing manual computation of P&L (profit and loss). Now, with the help of technology, we can shorten the period of time needed to compute financial reports, thereby achieving cost-efficiency in terms of labor hours.

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