Wildlife Technician Interview Questions
1. Have you ever been overloaded with work?
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1. In college I felt like I was constantly overloaded with work. You can never be done studying, there is always more to do. But you just have to manage your time and make mandatory breaks for yourself to stay focused and sane.
2. No I love what I'm doing and I challenge myself everyday so I succeed in a fast pace environment.
2. Name a time when your creativity or alternative thinking solved a problem in your workplace.
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1. I worked at a small health food store this past fall and the contraption to hold the bags up kept falling, So I brought some zip ties from home to fix it.
3. Provide an example of when you were persistent in the face of obstacles.
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1. Locating owls in the teton mountains using telemetry equipment. When I first started I had a day where I followed a back beat for 3 hours bushwaking my way through the snowy backcountry before calling it. I then went to find the true beat where I was finally successful in locating the owl.
4. What are your career goals as a Wildlife Technician?
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1. I would like to one day be a crew leader or a biologist working permanently on a project or for an agency.
5. If hired, how do you intend on making a difference with our organization?
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1. I hope to provide quality work and data collection while maintaining positivity.
6. Do you manage your time well?
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7. How do you prioritize your work when you have multiple projects to complete?
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1. I pick out the most important project and get to work on that one then go through the list. Sometimes you spend a couple of hours on each project everyday until its complete.
8. Tell me about your education. How has it prepared you for a career as a Wildlife Technician?
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1. University taught me diligence and persistence. My classes were hard and I regularly took 15 credit hours per semester. I leaned to push through that desire to give up and to do what it takes to graduate. As a wildlife Tech sometimes the work can run you down and make you tired, but you just have to push through it and provide the best work you can.
9. What is your greatest weakness? What are you doing to improve it?
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1. I can be a push over, even when I know I'm right, and it can cost me a grade or require work to be redone. I am practicing being more assertive and not letting people walk over me.
10. What is your greatest strength? How does it help you as a Wildlife Technician?
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1. I am very observant and meticulous. I move slowly, but confidently to ensure I don't make mistakes when setting a trap or banding a bird.
11. Where do you see yourself in five years?
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1. Either still working as a technician or with a permanent position after acquiring enough experience.
12. Why are you the best candidate for us?
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1. I am hardworking, positive, and I have the skills and experience needed to cope with the job requirements.
13. What do you know about our organization?
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1. That the snail-kite project is just one of many projects being conducted by your organization.
14. Why do you want a career as a Wildlife Technician?
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1. To help the environment and the wildlife. I love animals and can't stand the thought of my children growing up in a world without all the creatures that I get to see.
15. How do you keep track of work so that it gets done on time?
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1. Honestly, I am able to keep track of tasks and time in my head, but if things get really overloaded I will write down what needs to be done and prioritize.
16. What have you done to further your own professional development in the past 5 years?
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1. I graduated from an accredited university and I also volunteer for nonprofit organizations in-between seasonal positions to gain further field experience.
17. Give an example of a time when you made a mistake because you did not listen well to what someone had to say.
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1. Entomology class. Mixing up family characteristics on a quiz.
18. What have you done in past situations to contribute toward a teamwork environment?
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1. Nest searched for plover nests. Everyone needed to work together or a nest could be overlooked.
2. I have worked as a supervisor in a famous printing industry. I can do it very well.
19. What are the steps you follow to study a problem before making a decision?
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1. Google. Think long a hard about it.
2. 1). Read the problem carefully almost 3 times. 2). See the aerialist articals of research about the same problems. 3). See the solution of the problem according to the aerialist research and the results.
20. By providing examples, convince me that you can adapt to a wide variety of people, situations and environments.
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1. I am a gemini, and we are very good at blending in with different types of personalities. My husband comments on how easy it is for me to mesh, seemingly comfortably, with so many different types of people. I lived with extroverts and introverts this past summer and I was able to relate with both because I feel I fall somewhere in the middle of the two.
21. What personal weakness has caused you the greatest difficulty in school or at work?
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1. Being self conscious. I don't want to rub people the wrong way and when I know the right way to do something I don't always speak up because there is always someone who is louder and more confident telling everyone the wrong way to do something.
22. Are you able to cope with stressful situations?
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1. Yes. The best way to deal with stress is to take it one step at a time and deal with what ever is causing the stress.
23. What motivates you as a Wildlife Technician?
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1. The animals. They are the reason I got into this career. I want to help collect data about their ecology and lives to help them in the future.
24. Are you happy with your career as a Wildlife Technician?
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25. What was your biggest disappointment as a Wildlife Technician?
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