Tell us about the last time you had to take responsibility for your actions.
This question is aimed at whether you take ownership of your actions, and stands to reveal your experience level and your leadership potential. Open questions such as these have more to do with how you interpret them, and what your interpretation of its meaning stands to reveal about your attitude and worldview. How you structure your answer, and the words you choose, will be assessed and scored by the natural language model.
According to UBS's recruitment readiness worksheet, they describe someone on the low end of the scale as someone who "fails to highlight resilience and ability to learn from mistakes," and is "not willing to accept/showcase direct accountability for mistakes." Whereas someone who scores highly is "open to disclose examples of things that have not gone to plan and highlights lessons learned. Displays integrity, admits fault when required, shows good ethics, clearly highlights overall goals, required actions, accountability and results."
On their careers site, UBS states that they "want you to do your best, so we've put together our strongest tips for you to stand out in all the right ways. Put yourself on camera and record your answers to each question to prepare for your interview. Eye contact is important. Look into the camera, not at the screen. This will be our first impression of you, so establishing a personal connection can go a long way." Then they suggest you go back and review your performance and "put yourself in the shoes of a recruiter and evaluate your responses. How did you perform?" They then recommend you use their worksheet or take notes and score your performance as you continue to practice in this manner.
"Well, a co-worker came to me for help. I had a full plate and was already multitasking. But I wanted to help and I strive to be an overachiever. So when they asked my input on something they were struggling with, which I had previous experience with, I advised them hurriedly to steer them in the right direction. But, I didn't communicate this well and mixed up some of the details. When they turned in their work, their findings were flawed. As soon as I heard I went straight to my supervisor and explained the fault was mine. I then committed to helping them fix their report, and that together we would get the work turned in before the deadline at the end of the day. This, in turn, resulted in me turning in my work late. But the responsibility was mine, and I wasn't going to let my co-worker down."
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