How to Answer: Describe a time you identified the needs of your student/resident and successfully developed a way to teach/train them.
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Recreation Workers job interview.
9. Describe a time you identified the needs of your student/resident and successfully developed a way to teach/train them.
How to Answer
The interviewer wants to know how you address and help residents/campers that you've noticed need extra support. With young campers you can use examples about tasks that they haven't learned yet like- tying shoes, reminders to clean up the table, standing in line, etc. With residents you will focus more on ways you made need to reteach or assist the person with items such as- dressing, eating, different games, etc.
The interviewer wants to know that you'll be able to identify and support different needs that campers/residents have. If you can't think of an example that you've done yourself, you can talk about a time that you were informed that staff would be assisting a resident/camper differently.
Written by Cassandra Bates on January 20th, 2020
Answer Example
"I was working with a camper who never cleaned up after himself after lunch. I would always have to remind him to go back to take care of his stop. I had a discussion with the camper about it and I learned that he never had to do it at home, so he kept forgetting that it needed to happen here. We worked out a system among my group that once everyone was done eating everyone would get up together to throw everything away so that everyone would remember to do it. Slowly we moved away from that and the camper eventually started to clean up without prompting."
Written by Cassandra Bates on January 20th, 2020