Question: What types of work do you like best, and why?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

What factors do you consider?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment),Social – Social Perceptiveness

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Motivation/Ambition/Aspiration,Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Adaptability/Flexibility

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s ambition, motivation, and aspiration.
The candidate’s flexibility.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of ambition, motivation, and aspiration.

Sample Answer:

When given a chance, I prefer work assignments that stimulate my analytical thinking skills because challenges keep me motivated to strive harder. I don’t mind doing routine work, as well. I am very flexible when it comes to tasks though.

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