How to Answer: How often do you discuss work with your colleagues in order to think up new systems and styles of working?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Metals and Mining job interview.
19. How often do you discuss work with your colleagues in order to think up new systems and styles of working?
How to Answer
Do you use your creative mind with your colleagues to discuss ideas and systems in the workplace? Talk to the interviewer about how you have used creative thinking in the workplace.
1st Answer Example
"I have a policy with my team that if they have an innovative and helpful idea they can bring it to me at any time. If my team members' idea or system is something that I think could work, we then create a plan together to present it to our head office. This policy has generated some compelling ideas in our office over the past three years including a work-share program and some health and safety initiatives."
2nd Answer Example
"I think it is important to discuss work with colleagues in a collaborative nature to encourage all types of ideas to come forth. Often, when people put their heads together, they will create something better than something one individual could have done alone."