General Flashcards

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What are your hobbies and interests?

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Chess
Learning foreign languages
Weightlifting
Golf

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How would you describe your communications skills?

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Verbal - My experience marshalling at park run involved working with a large team. Career Ready program gave me exposure to multiple communication methods

Written - Strong. S: OU, T: Report writing and presentation, A: Structuring through numerous business frameworks, R: Strong grades

Overall, I communicate very clearly and concisely

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What makes you unique?
What can you do for us that other candidates can’t?

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Reliable through my studies, strong independent learning abilities

Because of autism, had bad social skills - Overcame these challenges through numerous coping mechanisms, I can communicate much better now. Whether that be my email, letter or telephone. Experiences have helped here

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How do you handle stress?

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Remaining physically active through my interests - (Weightlifting is very demanding)

Have a positive mindset - (Glass half full rather than glass half empty)

Focus on fixing the stress - (e.g. offering solutions for a debtor, instead of going straight to legal action)

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What was your biggest failure?

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Not completing the computer science degree at Newcastle. The subject just wasn’t for me. Greatly improved my decision-making abilities
Resolved this through subject change, leading to the high degree grade

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Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of?

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Getting my driving license
S: Had poor practical skills
T: Do driving lessons
A: Studied highway code religiously, practice
R: Passing my driving test first hand

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How would you describe your organisational skills?

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I am highly experienced with spreadsheets - (Formatting, V-Lookup, Pivot tables)
Google calendar (Scheduling throughout the day, Open university meant a lot of independent learning and up to me to submit assignments)
Eisenhower matrix I use personally (Analyse the urgency and importance of tasks)

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Do you prefer working independently or on a team?

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Blend of both.
Do some of my best work independently (e.g. my assignments, doing data entry into Quickbooks)
Collaboration is essential for a business’ success (VR awards ceremony)

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What did you do in the last year to improve your knowledge?

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Gain a deeper understanding of accounting - OpenTuition ACCA videos
My degree studies contributed to it, my many assignments. The Udemy courses, and the remote internships I undertook

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How do I prioritise tasks?

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A useful tool I’ve used is the Eisenhower matrix (Do, schedule, delegate, delete)
Example was balancing multiple degree assignments and my work experience

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How do you handle conflict at work?

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S: Bright Network remote internship presentation
T: Me and a team member wanted to do the same task
A: Heard their point of view and we agreed a compromise
R: The PESTLE analysis on the company was successful

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What experience do you have liaising with wider teams and stakeholders?

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S: Internship at AIXR then VR Bound
T: Preparing for the VR Awards ceremony
A: Making notes in Google Sheets on potential contacts
R: Posted my work for everyone else to see on Slack and discussed how to progress with the Awards ceremony in AIXR

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What is my biggest weakness?
What areas need improvement?

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Since I’m very motivated, I sometimes take too much on, have a hard time saying no to people.
I’ve been improving on this by learning how to delegate, which ensures I don’t take too much on.

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Discuss your role at AIMS?

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Work experience in a family business alongside my business management and accounting degree
Data entry in QuickBooks, Xero. Through data entry, I explored the functions of the purchase and sales ledger. Gained a strong understanding of VAT
Bank reconciliation within Xero

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Discuss your role at Bright Network?

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More of a networking event - Communicated using Guild
Had to write a report on a fictional company’s situation
Using PESTLE and risk analysis in the report

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Discuss your role at City Investment Training?

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Investment banking, financial modelling
Strong excel skills
Excel shortcut (Alt + I + C, Alt + I + R)

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Discuss your role at AIXR?

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Research assistant
Used spreadsheets to organise data
Implemented programming skills, created a ticket generator in Python
Leads to a successful awards ceremony

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Discuss your role as a cleaning operative?

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Helped create a COVID secure environment
Introduced staff to the role
Helped students find locations around campus

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How is your telephone manner?

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Unemotional, focus on the problem. Be polite at all times
Follow company policy
Have all the evidence about the customer beforehand

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How do you plan your day?

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Make a list of goals the night before and the tasks required to achieve those goals.

Rank these goals by importance and urgency

Tick them off throughout the day

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What motivates you?

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A strong return on investment - not just financial success, my work is making an impact

Gaining new skills to benefit company - Allows me further opportunities

A positive atmosphere - A supportive team gives me motivation to achieve

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What makes a good team?

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Everyone is involved - (e.g. drives an organisation’s success)

Good listener and communicator- (e.g. communicate clearly, listen to everyone, not a select few)

It is diverse - (e.g. composed of people of many different backgrounds)

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How do I handle conflict?

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Don’t leave it, resolve ASAP - waiting for long periods of time really annoys me

Keep a positive attitude - being negative doesn’t get anywhere

Review my own performance - identify the root cause of the problem

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How do you define success?

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A very profitable company

Employees have new found knowledge

Very high work satisfaction rate

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What gets you out of bed in the morning?
The new challenges the day has Getting the tasks done
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Do you like constant change?
If such change is necessary, I'm ok with it I worked at a startup, new staff were being introduced, leading to changes in company's structure
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What is great customer service?
Maintain a positive attitude - If a customer gets angry, don't get angry Actively listen - Show the customer I care Follow company procedures
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Can you tell me about a time you overcame a difficult work situation?
S: Financial modelling at City Investment Training T: Had a hard time keeping up, as it was very fast-paced A: Researched the concepts of IB in more-depth and tried the task again R: Was endorsed for my ability in financial modelling
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How would you describe yourself?
Use strengths and weaknesses Intelligent Organised Motivated Have a hard time saying no Can burn out easily