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Employer Interview Questions

Share with me an idea or improvement you implemented that made a difference.

Employer interview questions about your ideas or improvements provide you with a tremendous opportunity to stand out from other candidates.

To answer this question with impact, structure your response in a storyboard fashion. This is how entertaining movies are created that leave you with a lasting impression.

Every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Each step is important in grabbing attention, holding interest, and ending with impact.

Here is how this technique applies in sharing your idea:

  • Describe the problem or situation.
  • Share how you implemented your idea or improvement.
  • Share the measurable result of your efforts.

Tip: Companies are interested in ideas or improvements that make them money, save them money, or save them time. Make sure your idea speaks to one of these 3 needs of every company.

Avoid: Talking more than 60 seconds. Otherwise you might ramble on and on and bore your listeners. One of the biggest pet peeves of hiring managers is candidates who talk too much.

A good interviewer will ask you to share another idea or improvement. Be prepared with 2-3 more examples. They don't have to be earth shattering events.

Your examples can even be from prior jobs that happened years ago.


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