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My Behavioral Question Responses
- Not about what they asked, but your answer and how it relates to them
- Demonstrate growth mindset
- 3-5 stories, 3 frames around them ?
- keep mind of the impact certain changes made in your project
- STAR
Principles
- Be specific to prevent sounding arrogant
- Key points only, ask permission for elaborating
- Focus on yourself before others
Response Styles
- Follow STAR Interview Answer Method
- Nugget first
- Summary before
Values
Connect your actions to the following:
- Intiative/leadership
- Empathy
- Compassion
- Humility
- Teamwork
Questions
- My STAR Stories
- What got you into programming?
- Profession? My STAR Stories
- Front-end? My STAR Stories
- Why do you want to work for X company?
- What are you looking for in your next role?
- Want to create my own company
- Gain technical skills
- Self-learning, projects, hackathons
- Technical is okay, now I want to work on collaboration and real-world application
- Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker.
- Tell me about a time in which you had a conflict and needed to influence somebody else.
- What project are you currently working on?
- done technical stuff, but never had time to spend on design on hackathons and stuff
- Personal portfolio
- What is the most challenging aspect of your current project?
- Coming up with a satisfying design, creative paralysis
- What was the most difficult bug that you fixed in the past 6 months?
- CSS issue in habitica sync
- How do you tackle challenges? Name a difficult challenge you faced while working on a project, how you overcame it, and what you learned. My STAR Stories
- What is your biggest weakness?
- high expectations for other people if theyre competent. realized that people are going through i dont know, and that it doesn’t define their character
- want to do lots in my life, but it can lead to me taking on lots of personal and collaborative projects or responsibilities. recently, ive put a focus on 1-2 key things first thing in the day, and the rest are only optional to leave time for relaxation
- impulsive
- various addictions or quick decisions i would regret after
- learned to think thoroughly and ask others before making important decision
- “Sometimes, I don’t have a very good attention to detail. While that’s good because it lets me execute quickly, it also means that I sometimes make careless mistakes. Because of that, I make sure to always have someone else double check my work.”
- What are you excited about?
- Maintaining a consistent sytem
- What frustrates you?
- When my time is wasted
- Imagine it is your first day here at the company. What do you want to work on? What features would you improve on?
- I would need to first understand the workflow and culture of the company before understanding how I can best contribute
- What are the most interesting projects you have worked on and how might they be relevant to this company’s environment?
- hackathons
- Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your manager.
- n/a
- Talk about a project you are most passionate about, or one where you did your best work.
- What does your best day of work look like?
- morning routine
- pomodoro sessions
- 1-2 hours of break + bedtime
- What is something that you had to push for in your previous projects?
- What is the most constructive feedback you have received in your career?
- n/a
- What is something you had to persevere at for multiple months?
- discipline
- habitica x obsidian
- Tell me about a time you met a tight deadline.
- n/a
- If this were your first annual review with our company, what would I be telling you right now?
- ?
- Time management has become a necessary factor in productivity. Give an example of a time-management skill you’ve learned and applied at work.
- pomodoro, prioritization
- Tell me about a problem you’ve had getting along with a work associate.
- n/a
- What aspects of your work are most often criticized?
- How have you handled criticism of your work?
- What strengths do you think are most important for your job position?
- What words would your colleagues use to describe you?
- ambitious, disciplined, friendly
- What would you hope to achieve in the first six months after being hired?
- understand company
- meetings, work culture
- understand projects
- understand company
- Tell me why you will be a good fit for the position.
- my drive
- fear of death
- my drive
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Created:: 2022-03-20 01:13