How would you describe your work ethic?
This question aims to evaluate your systems approach and organizational skills. This will help the model assess how you effectively manage and prioritize your work and your workload pressure, while ensuring the accuracy and quality of your work within timeframes. How you answer should offer insights into your ability to prioritize effectively, focusing on long-term goals, and not just immediate tasks.
HireVue values its ability to assess candidates for consistency. They even advertise on their website that they "Ensure hiring team consistency. Assess candidates consistently with evaluation guides built into the interview experience. Hiring teams can be instantly calibrated with provided job-related attributes and behavior examples validated by IO psychologists." They aim to provide "consistency to the interview process. Each candidate is asked the same questions and is reviewed using the same criteria. This, in turn, allows HireVue's customers to quickly hire better quality, more diverse applicants to fill their roles." It studies how aligned your non-verbal cues and your statements are, as well as any inadvertent inconsistencies between your answers or resume. It will also evaluate your attention to detail and the reliability and consistency of your work.
Try to align yourself with RBC's culture, and how they would describe an ideal employee who lives their values and acts with integrity. "Doing What's Right- RBC is a values-based organization. Over many years, RBC has earned trust and a reputation for doing what's right through the actions of those who work here. A continued strong focus on doing what's right will sustain and build on that trust - the cornerstone of the financial services industry and our relationships with clients and communities. Our respect for and our commitments to our clients, shareholders, communities and each other are rooted in our values."
"I would describe my work ethic as strong and organized. I always try to beat my personal best when it comes to performing my best work. I also manage my time well and try to get as much finished as possible on the earlier end of things so that when I am ahead of schedule, I can do extras and go above and beyond. My motto is, nothing pays off better than paying it forward."
