Instrument Technician Mock Interview
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Question 21 of 25
In general, do you think policies and procedures help our work or make it harder?
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You might be tempted to laugh a little at this question because of course, the answer is that policies and procedures help our work. However, if you think about it, policies and procedures can also make your work a lot harder. The interviewer is looking for the capacity for doing the job right, avoiding quick-fix approaches, and adhering to job standards. Try to give an example of a time you thought the job might have been a little more difficult because of the specific procedures, but that you also understood those procedures were born out of necessity (perhaps an accident occurred or a violation citation).
"Honestly, there are times the procedures really do seem to make my job a lot harder. However, I also know that they were probably born out of necessity - meaning someone got hurt, or almost got hurt. In the end, they are there for everyone's well-being. One time my supervisor was putting up safety cones in an area and he was just kind of putting one here and putting one there. Procedures are pretty specific, in these instances, for a certain number of cones based on the size of the area, spaced a certain number of feet apart. Although his way might have been quicker, it also might not have prevented the accident that he was trying to prevent in the first place."
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