Question: In your current or previous job, what did you have to learn to become effective at your job? How long did it take and which parts were the hardest to learn?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

How did you adapt to the tasks?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

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

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Organization Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Adaptability/Flexibility,Persistence/Perseverance

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s adaptability and flexibility.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s inability to adapt.

Sample Answer:

In my current job, it took me a week to be familiar with the administrative tasks. The system was challenging but I was able to become an expert in in in less than a month.

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