Outside of work, what type of activities do you like to pursue?
This question serves a few purposes. On one hand, it helps the interviewer better get to know you personally rather than strictly professionally. This will better help them find commonalities between you and others on their team, which is useful for building work relations. Your answer also stands to inform them of whether you have a strong work-life balance. The more balanced a person's personal and professional lives are, the greater the job satisfaction and the less likely they are to burn out on the job, bring their work home with them, or bring their personal problems to work.
"Well, I enjoy reading. I love to cook from scratch. I am very health conscious and avoid processed foods. I also like to stay fit and attend dance classes. I also believe that exercising creativity is equally important, like fun creative activities with my friends, such as attending the odd paint and sip beer nights at a local brewpub. I love to attend concerts! I am so into music that I've started taking piano lessons twice per week."
Heineken has implemented several policies and benefits to enhance their employees' work life balance. "Caring about people is our core value. The health and well-being of our employees is always our top priority. Our initiative is to ensure that we have provided our employees with a safe and healthy workplace both psychologically and physically. We support the health and safety of our employees at all times."
But before hiring anyone, they want to ensure whomever they hire already prioritizes their physical and mental wellbeing. Whether through effectively managing both spheres of their life through proper management or through living a healthy lifestyle. So consider this while answering how you spend your personal time.
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