Question: What types of work would you prefer to avoid, and why?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

Were there instances in the past when you avoided tasks? Please explain.

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment)

Abilities:

Cognitive – Deductive Reasoning

Other Factors:

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,Analytical Thinking

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s professionalism.
The candidate’s analytical thinking skills.
The candidate’s flexibility when it comes to task assignments.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s unprofessionalism.
The candidate’s pickiness and inability to adapt when it comes to task assignments.

Sample Answer:

I am not really picky when it comes to task assignments but if I have a choice, I would try to avoid work that entails doing tasks that are against my principles like lying.

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