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Question 16 of 35
How do you feel about working with people from communities from different backgrounds than your own?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Your interviewer is trying to assess your cultural competence. Their customers will come from all walks of life, and you will be expected to exemplify excellent customer service, working with them empathetically. "The greater our empathy and diversity, the better we reflect the worlds of our customers and communities - and the better we can serve them." Talk about how you value diversity in your personal and professional life and give an example of a time you worked in a diverse community and thrived. Your interviewer is looking for a candidate with an open mind and heart and a universal and unbiased approach to customer service.
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"In my current role in sales, I work with customers from different economic and cultural backgrounds. My personality suits a sales-based role well because I can personally connect with any person I work closely with. I do this with a very friendly, yet professional approach. I take as much pride in selling a lower-end product to a person with lower socioeconomic status as I do in selling a product to the CEO of a large company. I've been in both situations and as long as the customer leaves satisfied with a smile on their face, I know it was a job well done."
Kimberly is a freelance writer and editor with a decade of experience in the education field, including her time as a pre-kindergarten teacher.
"In my current position, I work with customers from all different nationalities and walks of life. As a very young adult taking this job from a small, non-diverse town, it was intimidating at first. But from day one on that job, I grew to appreciate and see that connecting with individuals that are different from me is beneficial to society as a whole. If hired in this role, I understand that I would be working with a very diverse customer base, and I'd be able to do so in a very empathetic and understanding manner."
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I value equal representation and I pride myself on living in a multicultural nation that values diversity. I have worked and will continue to work with individuals from all backgrounds. I respect our differences and at ____, I always try to ensure that everyone feels comfortable and united in the workplace no matter their background. At HSBC, I will do the same and if I get the job, I will treat everyone with respect and communicate with them to succeed as a team.
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Good answer! It sounds like you have an appreciation for diversity, and you do well highlighting your experience working with individuals from a variety of backgrounds. To further strengthen your response, consider also briefly discussing your experience working with diverse customers.
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