Question: When doing written work, who is your usual audience or type of audience? What level of language do you have to use for this audience?

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Follow-up questions:

What factors do you consider when it comes to assessing your audience?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Knowledge/Skill Based

Skills:

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

Abilities:

Cognitive – Written Expression

Other Factors:

Personality-Job 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):

Analytical Thinking

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s logical thinking skills.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Answers that reveal illogical thinking.

Sample Answer:

When writing, I usually do profiling of my audience first so I can tailor-fit everything. My usual audience are laypeople so I have to explain every detail well. I don’t assume they know so I start with the basics.

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