(Who is Don? Don – MBA and International Communications Manager seeking Manager of Corporate Communications role)
Terry: What would you say are your strengths?
Don: My strengths are, in quoting my former manager, “being able to take on any project or challenge or basically anything that’s thrown at me and return something usually above expectation.”
My background is highly-diverse in a lot of areas regarding communications and also having the people skills where it’s important to develop trust. I find myself in situations where I’m allowed to very much get into the culture of the organization, which I think is absolutely critical to the success of somebody to be in the role.
Basically, being able to provide add value to the company, being able to deal with any possible situation or task that has been provided to me and also having the people skills necessary for working in an organization of this size and scope.
Here’s how I would rate this answer . . .
Q4. What are your strengths? – DON QUICK RATING – B
Great quoting former manager, would have been stronger if you could have cited a specific accomplishment where that strength helped you in something that’s one of their key result areas from their posting.
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