H&M puts emphasis on hiring people who fit into our workplace culture. How would you describe your personality?
Personality and character are two very different things. The interviewer is looking for more information on your personal traits vs. your integrity. This would include buzzwords such as introverted, energetic, and confident.
"I would describe my personality as approachable, energetic, and positive. I would also classify myself as bold - I'm willing to take risks in order to achieve higher and better results, ultimately for the good of the company and the good of the consumer. I'm encouraged that H&M says it has built its workplace on trust, respect, inclusiveness and integrity, because I believe that kind of environment fits my personality well."
Community answers are written by other candidates practicing this set. Reading how others frame the same question is one of the fastest ways to sharpen your own.
Anonymous Answer
I would describe myself as a self-motivated, amicable, and experience-driven person. I believe in learning from my past results and applying them in future experiments. My approach towards work usually involves primary research, breaking the problem statement into small problems, and then working towards developing a robust, simple and long-term solution.
Lauren's Feedback
Good response. I assisted with alternate wording.
I describe myself as a self-motivated, amicable, experience-driven person. In taking on leadership roles in my past, I have gained a multitude of interpersonal and problem-solving skills. I am an analytical thinker and like to assess current processes, and hone in on individual and group talents to improve efficiency and promote group functionality.
Anonymous Answer
I am an active listener, active learner, creative, approachable, positive, logical and imaginative, good communicator, decision maker, and energetic. I listen carefully to people. I try to understand well their problems. I'm imaginative in the sense that I'm always looking for new ways to approach issues and new ideas to test out. And then I'm logical in the sense that I want data and results to know for sure that what my imagination comes up with is truly feasible.
Jaymie's Feedback
Excellent! These are all traits and characteristics that the interviewer will find ideal in their next hire.
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