Department of Social Services Mock Interview
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Who is your biggest inspiration?
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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.
The example you offer will provide insight into the values and principles that make up your character. By gaining this deeper understanding of your character, your interviewer will try to determine how well you'll fit in with their department.
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.
Your life's inspiration can come from a book, a mentor, your family, a celebrity, an author - anyone! Talk to the interviewer about who has inspired your life and why, and how it has influenced you to pursue the field you have. Be relatable and try to inspire conversation. How well you get along with your interviewer will also offer insights on how well you will get along with others on your team.
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 say Eleanor Roosevelt is my ultimate inspiration. Her work in social work, social justice, and how incredibly brave and resolute she was every step of the way. As strong and brave as Teddy Roosevelt, her uncle, even under the threat of life and fearsome circumstances, she let no one or no threat stand in her way of doing the good work. She is a true hero, who serves as one of my greatest inspirations."
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