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Describe a time you taught a colleague something.

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Kevin Downey
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"I looked over a colleague's shoulder and saw they were performing their work in a very roundabout way. It was taking them a long time to get their reports done as a result. I showed them several shortcuts and tricks of the trade that sped up their process. But this is just a day on the job. We do stuff like this for each other every day. That's just one aspect of teamwork, after all."

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