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McMaster-Carr Final Interview Flashcards

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Tell me a little about yourself.

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-Fall graduate
-Majors
-Leadership positions
-Internships
-Law background

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Why are you the best fit for the position?

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-Take initiative
-Persistent problem solver
-Innovative
-Quick at mastering new concepts
-A natural leader

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Stories about taking initiative.

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-U.S. DOJ - only undergraduate intern

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Stories about being a persistent problem solver.

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-Café Hoop - setting up accounting practices from scratch as FM
-Chen Ran Law Group - real estate transactions
-Friend facing houselessness

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Stories about being innovative.

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-Wellesley Covid Action Plan - food/medical delivery system
-COTJ - TJ focus groups for a potential TJ program

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Stories about being quick at mastering new concepts.

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-Chen Ran Law Group - real estate transactions and new technologies
-Queens County Civil Court - conducting legal research and drafting judicial decisions

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Stories about being a natural leader.

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-Chen Ran Law Group and Queens County Civil Court - guiding other interns
-Compu21 Institute - nurturing students’ potential

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What do you know about McMaster-Carr?

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-Industrial supplier, Illinois, founded by engineers
-Top ranked B2B vender and e-commerce site
-Caters to engineers (easy to browse catalog, material explanations, no ads or brand endorsements, massive inventory variety, no minimum quantity for orders, same/next day shipping)
-4 categories: distribution, customer service, corporate, systems

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Why do you want to work at McMaster-Carr?

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-Real impact in a dynamic and supportive environment - background in project management - gravitate towards leadership - there’s nothing that satisfies me more than solving a problem no one else can solve
-Talked to Bernadette - nurture potential and support growth - year-long training period
-Excited to learn about industrial supply industry - COVID supply chains, used to be an art kid

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How does the Management Development position fit into your career goals?

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-From internships, enjoy a work environment where I’m kept on my toes and nurtures my curiosity
-Grow into a leadership role
-Strong foundation in management through hands-on experience and structure training
-Cross-functional movement
-Law school

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A time you navigated conflict.

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-Queens County Civil Court - conferenced landlord/tenant settlements

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A time you used your persuasion skills to change someone’s mind.

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-Queens County Civil Court - conferenced landlord/tenant settlements

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A time you disagreed with a workplace decision.

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-WAMI - abolition

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A time you needed to prioritize equally-important tasks under a deadline.

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-Balancing 4 Incompletes, summer course, and tutoring 12 hours/week this summer

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A time you handled a crisis.

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-COTJ - reports of racism, microaggressions, and interpersonal harm

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A time you dealt with a problem with ambiguity/incomplete information.

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-WAMI - sexual assault allegation

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A time you made a mistake or failed/overcame obstacles and learned how to manage better.

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-CPE - failed discussion events to Bipartisanship and Bubble Tea/gender-inclusive ballot initiative
-Pay attention to people’s interests and incorporate their feedback (or lack of feedback) to optimize my programming

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Time management strategies?

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-Google Calendar, to-do lists, and spreadsheets
-Plan time around fixed blocks
-Plan ahead/never wait until the last minute

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A time you dealt with difficult coworkers.

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-College Government Cabinet - conflict with COIL

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A time you worked with someone with a different work style. How did you manage your collaboration?

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-College Government Cabinet - conflict with COIL

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A time you used teamwork to navigate a tough project.

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-Trans organizing - protest policy compliance for Trans Joy rally

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Tell me about a time you approached a problem from a creative angle.

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-Trans organizing - protest policy compliance for Trans Joy rally
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-Wellesley Covid Action Plan - food/medical delivery system
-COTJ - TJ focus groups for a potential TJ program

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Work you are most excited about/least excited about?

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-Most excited: solving problems no one else can solve - friend facing houselessness last summer
-Least excited: administrative work - but taught me attention to detail and now I have time-tested strategies

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Greatest weakness?

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-Trouble letting go/delegating
-SGA at Chinese school
-Fixed with CPE
-More sustainable model = have faith others will do their work well

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A time you handled a stressful situation with a customer.
-Café Hoop - late order b/c post-it fell off
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A time you incorporated customer feedback.
-WAMI - criticism=too top-down education, not horizontal like outside organizing spaces
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Describe yourself in 3 words.
-Problem-solver, go-getter (takes initiative), curious
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What is your greatest strength?
-I solve the problems no one else can solve -Café Hoop - setting up accounting practices from scratch as FM -Chen Ran Law Group - real estate transactions -Friend facing houselessness
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Your top three professional accomplishments?
-Chen Ran Law Group - real estate transactions -Queens County Civil Court - drafting Sloan -Café Hoop - overhauling accounting as Financial Manager
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A recent problem in which old solutions wouldn’t work?
-Tutoring - middle schooler lack of compliance
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A time you improved a system or process.
-Chen Ran Law Group - real estate transactions
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What is the biggest risk you’ve ever taken?
-Moving to China for school for a year in 8th grade -Taught independence and why I take initiative now
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Have you ever had a supervisor challenge your behavior?
-Speech & Debate - "you make it easy to be cynical about you!" -Huge wake-up call, now more mindful of others -Always consult team before making decisions/posting -Check in when people go AWOL instead of complaining
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What is your management/leadership style?
-Transformational leadership -Micromanaging is not sustainable (SGA at Chinese school) -Identify what drives each member and encourage taking ownership of work -CPE - International Open Mics and political newsletter
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Describe your experience at the U.S. Department of Justice and how it applies to our position.
-Only undergraduate intern - taking initiative -Investigative research - due diligence in considering all angles of a problem -Legal analysis - critical thinking -Discovery organization - analyzing data -QCing - attention to detail
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Describe your experience at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project and how it applies to our position.
-Writing op-eds - communicating technical information to a lay audience/making target audience feel strongly about our cause
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Describe your experience at the Queens County Civil Court and how it applies to our position.
-Drafting and researching judicial decisions - mastering new skills and concepts quickly (landlord/tenant, insurance e.g. Sloan, motor vehicle accident) -Negotiating settlements - interpersonal skills and problem-solving -Guiding other interns through legal research/filing paperwork - natural leader
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Describe your experience at Chen Ran Law Group and how it applies to our position.
-Real estate transactions - mastering new skills and concepts, innovating and solving problems no one else thought to solve -Client phone and front-desk reception - interpersonal skills and client communication -Proofreading immigration documents - attention to detail -Guiding other interns - natural leader
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Describe your experience at PEN America and how it applies to our position.
-Myanmar and Writers at Risk research - creativity and critical thinking (thinking how to find information suppressed by foreign governments) -Afghan evacuee data entry - attention to detail -Drafting social media content/press statements - communicating a message to a target audience/making target audience feel strongly about our cause
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Describe your experience at Goodwin Weber and how it applies to our position.
-Lobbying on Capitol Hill - communication/persuading a target audience -Cross- and direct-examination of witness - sensitive client communication
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Describe your experience with the Committee for Political Engagement and how it applies to our position.
-Leading 9-person E-Board and 15-20 person committee - team leadership -Hosting political events attended by 100+ people - head for logistics -Publishing biweekly political newsletter - communicating information to lay audiences/grabbing readers’ limited attention -Gender-inclusive ballot initiative - good at adapting to people’s interests/needs -Student-admin liaison - comfortable communicating needs to superiors
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Describe your experience at Café Hoop and how it applies to our position.
-Accounting from scratch - mastering new concepts quickly, problem-solver, took initiative, good head for numbers -Delivering a $27k loan application request presentation - communicating financial data to lay audience/persuading audience to achieve a goal -Analyzing data and speaking to customers to optimize profits - 1. Chinese New Year event 2. Date Night event 3. teach-in at Latinx Culture Show Pushing to launch boba - innovative
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Describe your experience with WAMI and how it applies to our position.
-COTJ - project management, innovation -Presentations and social media - persuading people to a cause
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Describe your experience with SAW and how it applies to our position.
-WCAP - project management, innovation -Presentations - persuading people to a cause
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Describe your experience with Compu21 Institute and how it applies to our position.
-Adapting to students’ learning needs - adaptable/interpersonal skills -Inspiring students to find their personal narrative - natural leader -Editing and proofreading essays - attention to detail -Tracking deadlines - time management
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Walk me through your resume.
-Speech & Debate, Goodwin Weber and Judge Li -Wellesley, PoliSci and Philosophy, student leadership -More legal/public interest internships -Open mind - good learning opportunity and culture fit
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What’s not on your resume that you want us to know about you?
-Deeply caring person - love language - translates to management
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Know the interviewers.
Thursday: 6pm - Group Dinner: Mara Thorne - Regional Manager 6pm - Group Dinner: Mitchell Marvin - Implementation Manager Friday: -10am - Welcome & Tour: Nora Etienne - Sales Side Regional Manager -11:30am - Project Share: Michael LeClerc - Accounts Receivable Manager -12pm - Lunch: Michael LeClerc - Accounts Receivable Manager -12pm - Lunch: Will Meyer - Stockeeping Manager -1pm - Interview: Patrick Fleming - Senior Director -2pm - Interview: Jaime Rose - People Partner (Regional Manager)
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What questions do you have for us?
-Ideal candidate? -Problem this role had to solve? -Company culture? -Opportunities for growth? 3-5 years? -Love most? -Most exciting projects? -Trends in the industry? -Pandemic effects? -Next steps in hiring process?

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