How do you define success?

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How you answer will give them insight into what motivates your work. Communicating how you weigh success in your interview could also lead to placement in a position more suited to your personality and skills. Mention the success you plan to bring to this position and consider what motivates you in your career pursuits. Share your big picture vision while scaling your sense of accomplishment against the incremental successes towards those career goals.

"I define success by my ability to reach the goals set for me. On a personal level, those goals are the things I wish to achieve in my life. On a work level, they are the targets set out for me and the professional development I seek."

"I define success by what we achieve as a team. The project as a whole needs to deliver on expectations before I consider the job a success."

Anonymous Answer

"I define success as accomplishing all of the goals that I set for myself or given to me. I also define success as overcoming barriers or failing at something but working towards overcoming that failure."

Amanda's Feedback

This is a strong beginning. With this question, the interviewer is trying to determine how well you'd fit into the team and organizational culture so try to answer in light of the position you're for. You've given a good definition of success. Now you can expand your response to include a professional achievement that showcases what you mean. This would be a good opportunity to use the STAR method. Share a Situation that had a positive outcome. Describe the specific Task you were supposed to accomplish. Tell about the Action you took to overcome a challenge and complete the task. Finally, share the Result and how you contributed to the successful outcome."¨