Tell me about a time when you undertook a project that demanded a lot of initiative.

"We recently had a major inventory count requested of us by the corporate head office. At the time, our Manager was away on holidays. No one quite knew where to start or who should take the lead. I took the initiative to lead my co-workers through the inventory project. I taught myself the tracking software in a short amount of time and created a schedule for the inventory counts, so everyone knew what was expected of them. We completed the project three days ahead of schedule! It was a great success."

"We recently switched over our entire leadership team during the process of changing over our team's compensation plan. I took the initiative to manage the culture during this time by reaching out to all associates individually to gain their feedback on what compensation they would like to see in our change. I explained some possible options and gained their feedback on the new leadership team. This, with the day to day responsibilities, demanded strong time management and initiative. However, it leads the associates through a seamless compensation transition while gaining strong feedback on leadership changes."