Tell me about your proudest career accomplishment.

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By discussing your proudest achievements, you can show the interviewer that you take pride in what you do. Your accomplishment should be work-related, but if you are new to your career, it can be related to school, volunteering, or even a sports achievement. Share your accomplishment with the interviewer, and discuss why it means so much to you.

"I am most proud of graduating from college. I am the first person in my immediate family to graduate from a 4-year university, and it means a lot to me to know that I stuck with it and achieved my degree. I finished my Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice with a 3.8 GPA. This accomplishment was very significant for my family, as well."

"At my last job, I'd just recovered from the flu, which I'd caught from another employee. I take good care of myself, so my immune system is pretty strong. The flu didn't knock me down too hard, and I recovered quickly. But my supervisor and I were probably the two most healthy individuals at work.

The day before the company's owner was due to visit our site, I was wrapping up my shift in the early afternoon, and one by one, nearly every employee of the night crew called in sick with the flu. The next thing I knew, I was volunteering to pull a double shift and keep working another 8 hours after I'd just put in 8 hours. We ended up being a skeleton crew rather than fully staffed, but I put my all in and set the pace for the rest of my team, keeping a positive vibe, despite how disgruntled the rest of our crew was at the beginning of our shift. Then, there were several callouts for the early morning shift. So, come midnight, I raced home, got in four hours of sleep, and ran back into work six hours later to pull in a morning shift and kept at it. My supervisor followed suit and did the same, except he hadn't just worked a double shift. Within an hour of our company owner arriving, the site was spotless, every project was complete, and no stone was left unturned. We left before the owner arrived, had breakfast, and celebrated a job well done. Within a week, I was promoted."

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"I am most proud of the fact that I am currently attending college debt-free. I have been working very hard to ensure that I am able to pay for my education out of pocket and without incurring student debt."

Rachelle's Feedback

This is a significant accomplishment and one that not many people can say! Good for you - hard work pays off :)

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"My proudest career moment was opening a brand new ______ restaurant. Being selected to be the GM of the store. Watch the building process. Ordering and organizing every single detail of the inside. Hiring and training all of my own employees. Setting record sales weeks."

Marcie's Feedback

Wow! This is impressive! Is there a way you can connect this accomplishment to the TSA screener role? Perhaps you could mention that this achievement highlights your strengths, which include being a leader (managing others), being organized and detail-oriented, and being a team player and collaborative, all of which are skills that will be beneficial in the TSA screener role.

Anonymous Answer

"The accomplishment that I am most proud of is graduating from college. I am a first-generation college student and I did not have a lot of guidance from home. I faced a lot of discouraging challenges while in school that made me question if I was fit for college but I refused to give up. I worked tirelessly in each class and I involved myself in any way I can on campus. In the end, I was able to mentor other first-generation students to give them the guidance I did not have and I graduated with a 3.59 GPA."

Marcie's Feedback

Awesome! This is an amazing answer and definitely an accomplishment you should be very proud of. Can you give some more details about some of the challenges you faced during school? Excellent response!

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"I am proud to have been a volunteer in the Galapagos Islands while working there and to be a park ranger, to teach people how important it is to take care of nature and I am part of that help.

I also climbed mountains and the highest peak was the Cotopaxi volcano with 19,393 feet about ten years ago, showing me that with training and persistence, I can do it."