Learn and be Curious

Your Qualities

• I am a “FOREVER LEARNER”. I am always “CURIOUS” to learn a technology, product or a process. 

• “CONTINUOUS LEARNING” is what I believe in.

• “I keep up with the “TRENDS” and “NEW TECHNOLOGIES” in my field.

• I am an “EXPLORER” and not afraid of “CHALLENGES”.

• I believe in “CHANGE or DIE”.

• I am very “ADAPTABLE” and “WELCOMING” to new processes and ideas that make sense

Typical Questions

• How do you keep up with best practices?

• How do you keep up with industry trends and what your competitors are doing?

• Tell me about a time you learned something new from your peer or your direct report at work.

• How do you stay inspired, acquire new knowledge, or innovate in your work?

• What is the coolest thing you’ve learned on your own that has helped you better perform your job?

• Give me an example of a time when you challenged the notion that something had to be done a certain way because it had always been done that way.

• What is a recent book you’ve read and what did you learn from it?

• Tell me about a project that required you to learn something new.

• Tell me about a time you took on work outside of your comfort area and found it rewarding.

• Tell me about a time you found you needed a deeper level of subject matter expertise to do your job well.

• Tell me about a time you didn’t know what to do next or how to solve a challenging problem?

• What are you working on to improve your overall effectiveness at work?

• Tell me about a time you hired someone smarter than you. 

• Tell me about a time when you challenged your team to push the envelope and go beyond existing standards and expectations. 

• Give me an example of a time when someone on your team challenged you to think differently about a problem.

Interviewers Motive

• Does this candidate have an appetite for learning?

• Is this candidate a good listener?

• Does this person believe in “My way or highway”.

• Does this person open to listening to new ideas?

• Is this candidate open to adapt to new processes? 

• Can this person innovate and adapt with changing times? (Change or Die)

• Does this person push the team and self to learn new things, try out new ideas.

• Is there an “Explorer” in this person?

How to Answer these Questions?