Social Service Manager Mock Interview
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Question 22 of 30
What is one area in which you'd like to improve professionally? What steps might you take to improve?
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Shelley Story is a coach and higher education administrator with 25 years of experience. She has designed multi-day, on-site interview processes and has conducted thousands of interviews and mock interviews with college students and recent grads.
The interviewer wants to know if you have awareness of any knowledge or skill areas in which you could improve. If you can articulate the gap between your current skills and where you'd like to be, that shows you are interested in professional development and not content to remain stagnant.
Shelley Story is a coach and higher education administrator with 25 years of experience. She has designed multi-day, on-site interview processes and has conducted thousands of interviews and mock interviews with college students and recent grads.
Don't say that you can't think of any areas for improvement. Explaining how you could improve doesn't mean you aren't good enough for the position you're seeking; it means that you pay attention to what is happening in the field and what skills or knowledge those in higher positions have that you haven't yet acquired.
Shelley Story is a coach and higher education administrator with 25 years of experience. She has designed multi-day, on-site interview processes and has conducted thousands of interviews and mock interviews with college students and recent grads.
"I've noticed that some of the leaders in the field use restorative justice models, and while I have some understanding of the concept, I don't know how to facilitate a restorative justice process. I would love to explore the possibility of being trained so that I could help add restorative justice practices to our available services."
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