Which is your most significant accomplishment?
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It should be a tangible event or accomplishment that you can pinpoint and measure – if you raised money for charity, how much did you raise in the end? It’s no good giving a vague response, such as ‘becoming more confident when meeting new people’, unless you can develop it.
: give the interviewer a context – describe the situation and why the achievement was significant. Why was it difficult to achieve?
: what goal did you aim to achieve?
: explain what your specific actions to achieve your goal were.
: make sure it’s a clear and specific event.
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Answering Behavioral Interview Questions: Your Greatest Accomplishments
JOB INTERVIEWS | BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEWS
This is the latest in our continuing series on how to answer the most common behavioral interview questions.
What is your greatest accomplishment?
If your interviewer asks you this question, consider yourself lucky. It’s the perfect opportunity to talk about your most impressive experience. Unfortunately, most candidates waste this wonderful opportunity because they aren’t prepared and/or don’t feel comfortable “bragging.”
Most people don’t have a lot of practice talking about their accomplishments.
If you’re an introvert or a bit on the modest side, this can feel very challenging. You may even have been taught that it’s rude or obnoxious to brag about your achievements.
What might come across as obnoxious at a cocktail party, however, is perfectly acceptable and welcomed in a job interview.
If you can’t get comfortable talking about yourself and your accomplishments, you are not giving yourself the best shot at the opportunities that you deserve.
You can’t rely on the interviewer to read between the lines or notice how great you are from just your resume and a little chit chat.
On the other hand, you don’t want to come across as full of yourself, entitled, or rude.
You can easily avoid this by preparing in advance so that you’ll feel comfortable talking about yourself and your work in a positive, natural way that conveys confidence, but not cockiness.
How do you do this? I’m here to show you the approach that has worked for so many of my coaching clients and Big Interview subscribers.
First, a little trip into the mind of the interviewer to understand their perspective.
If an interviewer asks you about your greatest accomplishment(s), that means they really want to know what sets you apart from other qualified candidates, to get a better sense of what you’ve done and what you value.
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