What Interviewers Want to Know<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capability Factors<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
• Personal traits, characteristics, self-presentation and “social intelligence”<\/li>\n
• Accurate self-perception, self-awareness<\/li>\n
• Situation awareness: sensitivity to others’ needs, priorities and feelings<\/li>\n
• Recognition of personal strengths and deficits<\/li>\n
• Positive self-presentation: grooming, appropriate dress, posture, general demeanor<\/li>\n
• Responsive, articulate, succinct, self-discipline<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Intellectual capacity, analytical ability and judgment<\/p>\n

  \n
  • Critical thinking and analytical ability<\/li>\n
  • Conceptual skills: strategic and tactical thinking, setting priorities<\/li>\n
  • Ability to learn new skills and grasp new constructs\/knowledge<\/li>\n
  • Creativity and innovation<\/li>\n
  • Vocabulary: breadth and usage<\/li>\n
  • Ability to deal with complex issues and problems, to see the big picture<\/li>\n
  • Ability to learn and generalize from past experience<\/li>\n
  • Style when working under pressure or during a crisis<\/li>\n
  • Ability to read social or interpersonal situations and respond appropriately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Communication abilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
    • Interpersonal: credibility, compatibility, affiliation, power-seeking, authority<\/li>\n
    • Oral: listening, synthesizing content, expression, building rapport<\/li>\n
    • Written: form, content, logic, clarity, persuasiveness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Work style<\/p>\n

      \n
      • Initiative: self-starting vs. desire for instruction<\/li>\n
      • Need for supervision vs. autonomy: team player vs. working independence<\/li>\n
      • Project oriented vs. steady-state “maintenance oriented”<\/li>\n
      • Need for structure vs. tolerance for ambiguity: attitude toward change<\/li>\n
      • Humanistic, pragmatic, visionary or adventure-oriented<\/li>\n
      • Degree of need for structure, standards, frequent feedback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Motivation-related factors<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Personal values and priorities<\/p>\n

        \n
        • Career\/life objectives and personal development goals \u2013 short and long term<\/li>\n
        • Balance between work, family and personal priorities<\/li>\n
        • Operative values and priorities; goal and results orientation<\/li>\n
        • External forces and factors: family, social, economic, religious, ethnic, gender, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Risks and rewards<\/p>\n

          \n
          • Motivational “hot buttons”: monetary, power, prestige, affiliation, challenge, variety<\/li>\n
          • Definition of success, achievement, personal and professional growth<\/li>\n
          • Attitude toward risk, uncertainty, tradition, commitment or security<\/li>\n
          • Immediate vs. deferred gratification; nature of feedback<\/li>\n
          • Affiliation needs and style: preferred colleagues and co-workers<\/li>\n
          • Work location, setting, structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            What Interviewers Want to Know Capability Factors Personal traits, characteristics, self-presentation and “social intelligence” Accurate self-perception, self-awareness Situation awareness: sensitivity to others’ needs, priorities and feelings Recognition of personal strengths and deficits Positive self-presentation: grooming, appropriate dress, posture, general demeanor Responsive, articulate, succinct, self-discipline Intellectual capacity, analytical ability and judgment Critical thinking and analytical ability …<\/p>\n

            Interview Tips<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"cus-temp-inner-page.php","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"TCNadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/author\/tcnadmin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"What Interviewers Want to Know Capability Factors Personal traits, characteristics, self-presentation and “social intelligence” Accurate self-perception, self-awareness Situation awareness: sensitivity to others’ needs, priorities and feelings Recognition of personal strengths and deficits Positive self-presentation: grooming, appropriate dress, posture, general demeanor Responsive, articulate, succinct, self-discipline Intellectual capacity, analytical ability and judgment Critical thinking and analytical ability…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creativenetworkinc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}