Question: What major things did you learn at your current or previous job?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

What did you learn in your previous job?

Follow-up questions:

How do you apply those learnings at work?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

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

Other Factors:

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

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s openness to learn.
The candidate’s logical thinking.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of flexibility to learn.
Answers that reveal illogical thinking.

Sample Answer:

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