How to Answer: What do you think initiative is and how have you applied it to your jobs in the past?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Radiology job interview.
37. What do you think initiative is and how have you applied it to your jobs in the past?
How to Answer
What does initiative mean to you, and how do you demonstrate that? Talk to the hiring manager about your ability to take initiative in the workplace.
Written by Rachelle Enns
1st Answer Example
"To me, initiative means taking control of a situation or job without being asked. It means exercising your ability to be in the know when it comes to your teams needs. I demonstrate initiative through keeping a pulse on the needs of my team and taking action without being asked."
Written by Rachelle Enns
2nd Answer Example
"Taking initiative to me is being a good leader. I've shown my past leadership that I'm a good leader and have been asked numerous times to lead before I can volunteer to do so."
Written by Heather Douglass