How to Answer: How do you build professional relationships?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Facebook job interview.
2. How do you build professional relationships?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
Their ideal candidate will make an impact and contribute improvements, big or small. However, their ideal candidate also needs to exhibit strong interpersonal and communication skills and should be spending the first 90 days building relationships.
Written by Kevin Downey on October 21st, 2022
How to Answer
Show your initiative by preparing a 90-day success plan, mapping out your approach to entering a new work environment and introducing yourself and your work style to your new teams. Then share yours beyond a 90-day plan, where you can introduce some initial, easily adapted plans where you hope to make an impact in supporting your teams and gaining their trust. Detail how you'll go about establishing a reputation for being a trusted resource of information by staying ahead of the curve with the happenings in your industry. You are not only there to support your leadership, but also your teams.
Written by Kevin Downey on October 21st, 2022
Answer Example
"Working side by side with my peers. Asking questions and showing respect for what they've built and earned, whether through systems they've developed, methods they deploy to be more efficient, or having the interpersonal knowledge on how to work better with other members of the team. There is a lot to be learned, and I want to know. So I start by ingratiating them, working hard next to them, taking their advice or criticism to heart, and being as transparent as possible. When an interviewer decides I am right for the job, I still haven't proven myself to my future teammates, so a more informal interview process begins, them interviewing me and me them. That's the getting-to-know-you period. So I take all these points into consideration when building new work relationships and establishing trust."
Written by Kevin Downey on October 21st, 2022