How to Answer: Can you share an experience when you had to work on a project with teachers? What was your role and how did your group go about the task?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a School Counselor job interview.
33. Can you share an experience when you had to work on a project with teachers? What was your role and how did your group go about the task?
How to Answer
Share an experience where you took an active role in a team. Emphasise on what you personally did or contributed, not just what happened to the activity in general. Questions like this allow interviewers to see if you have leadership potential or if you can work well with others. After describing the experience, you may also share how you felt about the whole endeavour.
Written by Ryan Brown on August 12th, 2014
Answer Example
"There was a time when all the school personnel had to work together to organize the school's anniversary. I was a part of the Secretariat Committee together with 4 teachers, and our task was to arrange the registration list and the invites for the event. I personally handled the release of the invites and monitoring the RSVP. Everything was released on time and nobody in the list was left out. As a group, were able to accomplish our task and I was proud to have contributed to the success of the anniversary."
Written by Ryan Brown on August 12th, 2014
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