Question: What have you done to make your job easier or more rewarding?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

How effective is your approach?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Other Factors:

Motivation/Ambition/Aspiration

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings,Mental Processes – Developing Objectives and Strategies,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Thinking Creatively (Creativity)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Innovation

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s creativity.
The candidate’s motivation and aspiration.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of creativity.

Sample Answer:

To make my job manageable, I always find ways to innovate. Like I would use technology to automate reports that I need to produce. To make it rewarding, I would always think that it’s a stepping stone to achieving my career goal someday.

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