Strengths Based Q

Question 1

What does success look like to you?

Answer 1

Emotional success – Relationships and contentment

Intellectual success – Learning, understanding,
challenging

Spiritual success – Sense of purpose, belonging,
reason

Collective success – The product of effective
teamwork

Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.

Success and failures are alternate cycles in everybody’s life. Success is enjoying what we are doing because when we enjoy our work, we are also able to endure pains. And since it is cyclic in nature, success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Question 2

What energises you?

Answer 2

Doing something I’m good at- excelling

Doing something I’m not good at - challenge, overcoming obstacles

Sense of purpose, belonging, reason

I think uncertainty and having to think on my feet. Having to come up with solutions fast and effectively is exciting to me.

Working in a team to carry out a collective result.

Question 3

How would your close friends describe you?

Answer 3

Confident, caring and sociable. It is important to me to maintain relationships and check up on people so I think many would describe my emotional intelligence of knowing how and what to say when people are going through a tough time is one of my key strengths.

Question 4

Do you most like starting tasks or finishing them?

Answer 4

It’s difficult to choose between the two: I like embarking on new things as I think the initial buzz out of a new task is exciting in itself, I also think that seeing through a difficult obstacle is equally rewarding, especially when it’s a collaborative effort.

Question 5

Do you prefer the big picture or the small details?

Answer 5

I believe I am capable of seeing both points of view at work.

I love working with numbers and facts, meaning I am more detail-oriented. Keywords. What sparks an individual.

Big picture - I also like piecing these findings into the bigger scenario, which helps me see the big picture as well.”

Question 6

What are you good at? How do you know this?

Answer 6

Compassion & empathy
- Social enterprise, working with primary schools

Learning ability
- New skills, in the first two weeks of my recent job I had completed exams and was given the responsibility to liaise with clients.

Problem-solving
- Dissertation

Time management
- Maintaining fitness, studying for a degree, enactus

Question 7

What did you enjoy studying at school or university?

Answer 7

I really enjoyed school + university

Geography- the breadth of subject matter, flexibility in passions.

Oppurtnunting to learn x one hour and x another.

I am passionate about development and social issues.

Question 8

When did you achieve something you’re really proud of?

Answer 8

Half marathon - raised money

Question 9

What do you enjoy doing the least?

Answer 9

Statistics- I love working with numbers but coding- sought help

Question 10

Do you find there are enough hours in the day to complete your to-do list?

Answer 10

One thing I believe - time management - prioritise and execute - seek alternative means of getting things done - work till it is done. Don’t bite off more than you can chew- make room for unexpected circumstances

E.g Dissertation

Question 11

What tasks are always left on your to-do list?

Answer 11

Least priority - if I don’t know , ask

Get the jobs required I needed done, always looking to develop skills so extra training.

E.g extra training

Question 12

Tell me about an activity or task that comes easy to you?

Answer 12

Research & Analysis

Question 13

What unique qualities can you bring to us?

Answer 13

What makes me unique is my ability to easily empathize with and relate to people.

Because I’ve had first-hand experience fielding shoppers’ questions, feedback and complaints, I know what customers want. I know what it takes to create a positive experience.

Question 14

What is a successful day?

Answer 14

Intellectual success – Learning, understanding, challenging

Spiritual success – Sense of purpose, belonging,
reason

Collective success – The product of effective
teamwork

Question 15

Are you a starter or a finisher?

Answer 15

I like starting things because I like planning, I like detail, I like setting out a framework, I get really excited about that.

However, when finishing a project is equally satisfying seeing a result from my hard work.

Question 16

Collaborating on fieldwork

Answer 16

I was once struglling with a group task, communicating by chat.

I organised everyone to have a meeting to discuss issues and coordinate tasks.

We practised as well.

Question 17

Do you like challenges?

Answer 17

In my last job, I took on many additional responsibilities, including Nissan.

Question 18

How do you stay motivated?

Answer 18

When you do something you truly love it’s not hard to find the motivation needed to succeed.
Commit to the end goal.
Surround yourself with like-minded people.
Establish a personal reward system.
Always have long-term and short-term goals.

Question 19

Have you ever done something differently the second time around?

Answer 19

I might talk about my progress as a student of critical thinking. When I started taking I was self-conscious to speak, kept comparing myself to other students. I became frustrated and almost quit. I spoke to my teacher and he helped me rethink how I came to class and how I engaged. 
Similar scenario happened at university where I took a module very new to me- GIS- I stopped comparing myself and...

Question 20

What did you enjoy most when completing a task or project?

Answer 20

The collaborative feeling of success, knowing your influence was pivotal.
Knowing full effort was achieved.

Half Marathon?

Question 21

Describe the most exciting thing you have ever done.

Answer 21

Travelling- unknown- adventure- managing myself- planning - saving money

Question 22

Are you a planner or do you prefer to take things as they come?

Answer 22

I have worked on many important projects throughout my career. What’s really crucial for me when starting one is to get very clear on the goals right at the start and then create a plan with milestones. I also like dealing with the most difficult parts of the projects early on—that way in case there are any significant issues, I’ll still have a nice amount of time to complete before the deadline.

However, often things arise that are unexpected - diss

Question 23

When do you feel most inspired?

Answer 23

Something I have planned and coordinated comes through - designing enactus and getting praise from stores.

Question 24

Do you find deadlines motivating or intimidating?

Answer 24

Motivating- used to it - self deadlines - before the actual deadline

Question 25

What has been your biggest failure?

Answer 25

As levels- choosing physics without maths

Got a job in Waitrose and financed tutor

Question 26

How do you feel when you are faced with a sudden obstacle to your plans? What do you do to resolve it?

Answer 26

Embrace Self-Awareness. …
Use Time to Your Advantage. …
Commit to Focused Discipline. …
Engage Your Own Creativity…

Dissertation

Question 27

How have you been able to develop your skills?

Answer 27

Customer service - Waitrose

Peter Taylor - Liasing with hierarchy, responding to issues

Artefact - new knowledge, taking on board responsibilities

University - written and verbal communication, synthesizing data and producing understandable results

Enactus - working in a team, creative thinking

Question 28

Are you at your best working in a team or on your own initiative?

Answer 28

I pride myself on both.

Enjoy using my initiative.

Collaborating, discussing, brainstorming.

Question 29

What is important to you in work?

Answer 29

Emotional success – Relationships and contentment

Intellectual success – Learning, understanding,
challenging

Spiritual success – Sense of purpose, belonging,
reason

Collective success – The product of effective
teamwork