Tell me about your greatest work-related accomplishment.
Talking about your most significant accomplishment will give the interviewer a definite idea of where you place your values. It will also show the interviewer more about your personality, how you like to be motivated, and how to coach you in the future.
"The greatest accomplishment in my career was graduating university as an honors student while still working full time in a related field. I was top of my class, and working full time. This success showed me I could dedicate myself to my career, and reach the goals that I set for myself. It felt great to accomplish so much and receive recognition for my dedication."
"I am proud of having been chosen to be a mentor to new hires in the department. I think I've informally mentored and exhibited leadership since day one, and to be recognized for being a brilliant teacher and being able to train and shape the recent additions to the department is an awesome pat on the back."
It is okay to brag a little when answering this question. Show that you are proud of yourself and your career accomplishments!
Offer more than one example. Try to align your answers with goals you've had early on, and how your later accomplishments served as milestones along with your career objectives.
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
10 years ago I was sent to UK with another colleague to be trained on Pick by Voice system.
On our return, we had to completely change our work system and train all staff on using this system. The whole project was finished on time with excellent results.
Rachelle's Feedback
This sounds like quite an accomplishment and a very interesting task. When answering behavioral-based interview questions that start with 'Tell me about...', I recommend forming an answer around the STAR framework (Situation, Task, Action, Result). This approach will ensure that you provide the interviewer with all of the details to make sense of the overall story example. Here is a guide I created on how to do that: https://www.mockquestions.com/articles/Master Behavioral-Based Interviews Using The Star Method/
Anonymous Answer
Although I feel my biggest achievements are still ahead of me. But as of now the greatest accomplishment in my career was graduating with my BSc. in Bioscience and Hons. in Biopharma with a distinction while being top five scoring students in both degrees while working part-time throughout my academic years in college. Moreover, before starting my thesis project, I was told by my supervisor that students in the previous year had tried to eliminate contamination in qPCR experiments but hadn’t been successful, thus achieving the aim and providing the department with the SOP I produced, gave me hope that I can dedicate myself to my career and reach the goals that I set for myself.
Jaymie's Feedback
This is definitely something to be proud of! It sounds like you are a hard worker dedicated to your profession and making a difference in the field. Great job!
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