Burns & McDonnell Mock Interview
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Question 10 of 25
Would you be willing to travel for work?
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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.
Depending on the position you are interviewing for, there are many roles, especially engineers, construction and craft professionals, where travel may be required. In fact, most of their engineering positions specify the "ability to travel" as a requirement of the role. How you answer will inform your interviewer of how familiar you are with their company and the role you are applying for. If you have exhausted every effort to answer this question on your own, be honest while remaining flexible.
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, keep in mind that they are looking for someone who is the right fit, stating on their careers site, "Working from more than 60 offices globally, our professionals transform communities through the vital infrastructure that sustains and improves quality of life. Every single day, professionals just like you are hard at work on projects that make a tangible difference in communities around the world. From infrastructure to information technology and power to permitting, the markets served by our family of companies are expanding-and your talents are in demand."
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.
"I would definitely be open to discussing this further. I didn't see this as a requirement of the job posting but am aware that the company has over 60 global locations. What kind of travel would be involved, and what kind of future opportunities are there which might require travel?"
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