How to Answer: Where do you get your inspiration from?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Urban and Regional Planners job interview.
19. Where do you get your inspiration from?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
An interviewer may ask this question to find out more about your motivations for the job. They also use this question to learn more about how you connect with other people and projects in the profession.
Written by Sue Oberliesen on March 27th, 2022
How to Answer
Your life's inspiration can come from a book, a mentor, your family, a celebrity, an author - literally anyone! Talk to the interviewer about who has inspired your life and why. Your well-thought-out answer to this question can show the hiring manager that you have goals and motivations and that you look to leaders (or projects) in the industry as examples of what you can do to succeed.
Written by Sue Oberliesen on March 27th, 2022
Answer Example
"My early inspiration came from working with my mentor, a senior urban planner who was constantly pushing the envelope and going above and beyond. I'm also inspired by visiting a great project and seeing people using the spaces as they were envisioned. I'm also inspired by other designers and subscribe to a few architecture and planning magazines to learn more about what other planners are working on."
Written by Sue Oberliesen on March 27th, 2022
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