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Being successful in consulting and working here at Egon Zehnder International requires the ability to work effectively with Type A personalities. What are your experiences in working with this personality and how did you make the relationships a success?
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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
To first understand this question, it is important that you know that Type A personalities are exemplified by being competitive, motivated, organized and goal driven, among many other traits. These traits often lead to success in high level roles within organizations and your chances of working with this personality type are high. Think of a time you worked with a typical Type A personality and explain the methods you used to ensure that you had a sound and successful working relationship. Make sure that your interview walks away knowing that you can work effectively with difficultly driven individuals with high expectations.
Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"For the last six years, I have worked under your prototypical type A personality as my director. Being a self admitted type B, being under my new director was difficult at first. For me to be successful under her and for our relationship to flourish, I learned quickly that she liked me to regularly communicate timelines for projects and give updates when necessary as she was very time driven. As well, small talk and getting to know me personally wasn't a priority so our communications to this day are pretty succinct and to the point. In this role, I would feel very comfortable with working with high level type A's because of my firsthand experience."
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I consider myself a Type A person - from my time at the Naval Academy, as an officer in the Navy, and at _______, I've made a point to surround myself with motivated, competitive, goal-driven people as that is what I have found brings out the best in me personally. Both my current and previous managers have been Type A personalities - what I have found best in dealing with them, as well as other stakeholders at ______, is to regularly communicate timelines on projects or deliverables and to give updates in a prompt and succinct manner as they are very time driven. In this role, I would feel very comfortable working with high-level Type A's because of my depth of experience working with similar personalities throughout my career.
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Excellent! Your answer shows that not only do you identify with this personality type yourself, but you know how to work with others who share these traits with you. If there's a specific example you can cite, consider doing so to make your answer even more impactful. Great job!
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