Continuous Improvement Engineer Mock Interview
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Question 21 of 30
How do you go about building rapport with a team that you will be working with?
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For a CI engineer, rapport is essential. The more that the engineer can rely on the team around them to identify problems, the more the engineer can solve them. There are many ways to build rapport, and each person's style could lend itself to different methods. Almost always, honesty and transparency go a long way regardless of an individual's style. The answer to this question should highlight the candidate's self-awareness and interest in developing trust with teams.
"To build rapport with the team, I try to get to the know the team I will be working with. I will not develop close personal friendships with each of them, but I think it helps to know one another on somewhat of a personal level. It is easier to work together, especially in trying situations, if the team and I have some level of personal respect for one another.
Other than that, I ask the team to allow me to follow through on what I say. I make sure that when I tell the team that I will help them with something, that I follow through. I make sure that the communication is open with the team, even if the information I may be communicating is not to their liking. I find that people respect honesty and transparency much more than just getting lip service or having someone tell them what they want to hear."
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