25 Water Conservationist
Interview Questions

1. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?

2. Why is water conservation important to you?

3. Describe an improvement you personally initiated.

4. What are some water conservation techniques you created?

5. What is your greatest strength? How does it help you as a Water Conservationist?

6. What do you feel is the most important skill a water conservationist should possess?

   Community Answers

   • "The most important skill is to be an expert in your field. To have the most current and updated information and tools to inform our customers."

7. Why are you the best candidate for us?

   Community Answers

   • "I have a varied experience in soil and water conservation including instructing diverse audiences in soil and water conservation."

8. Considering the investment our company will do to prepare you professionally, can you give us a reason to hire you?

9. How do you educate people on water conservation techniques?

   Community Answers

   • "By providing resources for the community. Educating and answering questions on conservation. Providing conservation methods and suggesting new ways to reduce water usuage. Provide classes on landscape for customers."
   • "Using palms to symbolize a watershed. Explain how land use affects water in a watershed."

10. How do you handle disappointment?

11. Describe a situation when you demonstrated initiative and took action without waiting for direction. What was the outcome?

    Community Answers

    • "While working for the National Park Service my boss told me that some of the trails were not yet mapped. I informed her that I was proficient in GIS and that I could map the trails. We set a side some time to do this I was able to create a new trail map to hand out to visitors."

12. Why should we hire you?

13. What types of water control plans have you created? What was the most successful plan?

14. How do you manage stress in your daily work?

15. Where do you see yourself in five years?

16. What do you know about our company?

    Community Answers

    • "The hennepin county soil and water conservation was released to the board and now all soil and water conservation is handled by the county."

17. Why do you want a career as a water conservationist?

18. Recently, tell me a problem you faced where you were unsure the answer. How did you research the problem and find a correct solution?

19. As a Water Conservationist, what do you believe is your best asset?

    Community Answers

    • "I believe the best asset is communication. Ensuring the proper resources and the making sure your current on the global issue as well local."

20. What motivates you to succeed?

    Community Answers

    • "My family, my values, and myself. I work hard and I believe that success is a drive. I want to be an example to my children and push through obstacles and continue to learn."

21. Give me a time when you went above and beyond the requirements for a project.

    Community Answers

    • "I feel when you are working on a particular project it is a reflection of who you are. A project I recently worked on is for Customer Service and rising above all for our customers. I developed a guide and training for our team. And I volunteered to give new orientations as well as ongoing training for each team member."

22. What was your biggest disappointment as a water conservationist?

23. What was your greatest accomplishment as a water conservationist?

    Community Answers

    • "I have not had the opportunity to serve as the conservationist yet, however I believe my greatest role will be to offer the right resources to ensure our local community on how to conserve and make a difference."

24. Describe a difficult project and how you overcame it?

    Community Answers

    • "I had to write all policies and procedures for the Hospice, and not ever having to develop something like this for this particular industry was extremely hard. I had to make sure I was writing the policies at State level making sure that we were in compliance along the way. I realized with research and hard work, I would have to plug away. I did and got our agency to receive the State Certification."

25. What major challenges and problems did you face at your last position?