How do you best learn the tasks of a new role?
The interviewer wants to understand what type of training styles work best for you and how you most effectively learn. Your answer to this question will help the interviewer to determine what training techniques would be beneficial for you when you are in the training period of your new role, if offered the position.
Think about your previous roles. Discuss how you best learned the responsibilities of those positions and how you retained the information needed to successfully perform your role. Some people learn best by reading instructions, some learn best by watching another employee perform the tasks they are learning, and some learn best by doing the actual task and asking questions along the way. However you best learn, discuss that now with the interviewer.
"I learn best by observing someone else completing a task and then attempting the task myself while having someone available to act as a resource if I have questions or need clarification along the way."
Community answers are written by other candidates practicing this set. Reading how others frame the same question is one of the fastest ways to sharpen your own.
Anonymous Answer
I learn best by carefully observing another employee completing the task and then attempting the task myself while having someone assist me if I have any questions or need clarification along the way. Sometimes, reading the instructions and slowly performing the task myself is really helping me with the learning process, even though I make mistakes.
Stephanie's Feedback
This is a great start, but adding a specific example of how you learned a specific skill would take your answer up a notch!
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