Tell me about the last time you took ownership of something at work.
Taking ownership is a large part of Wayfair's workplace culture. Their ideal candidates will be aligned with this, readily taking ownership of their development, commitments, responsibilities, and role on the team. "We believe in giving our employees unscripted career paths with opportunities for ownership and autonomy throughout. No matter where you start, creativity and humility will help propel your career to places beyond what you thought was previously possible." Share how you stay true to your word, conduct yourself with integrity, and focus on growing and advancing both your team and your career.
"I was anxious to cross another milestone off my list of career goals and threw my name in the hat to lead a project, which would have been a learning opportunity for me. I did so, not thinking my name would come up so soon, as I was already working on another project inside my comfort zone. I explained to my manager that I wanted to learn and work on this new project and was wondering if someone could take the other project off my hands. My manager explained she couldn't afford to spare another supervisor to train someone else on the project I was already working on. I then realized she was right. So I offered to advance another of my career goals by effectively delegating and training another team member on the former project while I took on the new one. She agreed and gave me some pointers on delegating, which I took to heart. So I selected someone and kept myself open for questions while performing regular check-ins and delivered on the new project within my deadline."
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Anonymous Answer
My team leads and I were approached by LEGO beginning of last year to create an exclusive capsule collection for myToys. It was a great opportunity for the company.
So, we selected one of my suppliers that had the LEGO license to produce this order and I've been put in charge of the project. It's been a lot of work, this project came on top of my regular workload, so I had to put a few extra hours into it, but it's been a great experience and a great feeling to be trusted with something like this. The department manager reached out to me to see my ideas, as well as the furniture private label department that was interested in a few prints I created, we prepared a marketing plan, and a photo shoot with models for the launch of the campaign, so it was a lot of fun, I'm very happy about it.
Jaymie's Feedback
It sounds like you were presented with a challenging opportunity, and you accepted it and jumped right in to tackle it!
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