What challenges do you anticipate in a position?

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Every new role provides opportunities to pick up new skills and face new challenges. Identify a couple of growth opportunities from the job description you anticipate will help you further your career goals. Share what you know and ask clarifying questions that reveal your ambition. Exude enthusiasm for the challenges you look forward to facing at this exciting next stage of your career path.

"I expect that the biggest challenge, when first starting, will be to learn your internal systems and procedures. I am planning to start researching some of your programs much before my start-date so that my training time is used as efficiently as possible. Do you agree that this is the biggest hurdle for others as they join the Ford team?"

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"There will likely be a short period of time when I start working when I will be learning procedures and how the job is done."

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These will be typical hurdles when approaching any new job or situation, yes. Can you share how you plan to overcome these potential challenges?

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"For the technician role, I see many challenges I haven't faced before, and also lots of new skills to be learned. This I see as very exciting and great for me to develop into an all-around technician for the lab. There are a few roles I haven't had much or any involvement in my short time here (these include PEMS and eMIT), but I am eager to learn and soak up as much as I can whilst learning my new role. I will be documenting my new skills, tips, and knowledge gained to help me move forward. I am planning to start researching some of these new skills and areas I haven't worked in or with much so that my learning time can be more efficient and I won't then be going into a new task blind. Do you see this as a big hurdle for new technicians, when they come into the role having not a lot of knowledge or experience in PEMS or eMIT?"