3M Mock Interview
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Question 24 of 33
When have you had to lead by example?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
This question is aimed at assessing the value you place on your own work, and how that compares to the work others are doing around you. How you answer should reveal how your work style or ethic impacts or influences the rest of your teams. Also, by determining what level your work standard is at, they'll have a clearer idea of what rising to the occasion and going above and beyond looks like to you.
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"A long time ago, I played a trick on myself to funnel the energy that fuels my stress triggers, shift my attitude and focus, and utilize that energy as adrenaline. So, I always set the pace at work, and keep my chin up with a cheerful disposition. So, by nature, I am often leading by example. Believing that we can all do what other says can't be done, and turning the odds in our favor."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
When answering this question, stay focused on the attitude you bring to work. Look back on how you have influenced those around you, and how that aligns with the culture and attitude they celebrate at 3M. They place a lot of emphasis, for example, on their team dynamics. "It's an amazing feeling when your team just clicks- everyone feels a shared drive toward success. Great teams need the energy that comes when every team member is giving the best of themselves towards a shared goal: doing the best work possible."
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