Career Path > Nuclear Operator

San Onofre Interview

<< < (2/3) > >>

metoo:
I had an interview on the East Coast yesterday, and I flubbed a Q a bit.  Basically the Q was about integrity, and wanted to know when you had to lower your standards to get a job done.  Not wanting to head down the procedure violation road, or any other thing nuclear for fear of entrapment, I answered with a civilian answer that I'm afraid didn't impress the interviewers.  They were cool guys BTW.

In retrospect, I should have answered about a time I had to lower my PERSONAL standard, which was above the COMPANY standard in order to do something very important for the good of the company.

I just read Competency-Based Interviews by Robin Kessler.  Could have said it all in half the pages, but still worth the money I paid Amazon.  What I got out of it was to slip in other competencies in your answer, while making sure you've answered the competency for which they've asked you for an example.  Then, when they get to the other competencies, they already believe you have them, and are likely to grade higher.  Don't know if it works in real life, but they all but had to shut me up!

Good Luck!

jdpierce:
Thank you everyone for your ideas and assitance.  I really appreciate it.  I will update when I come back.  Thank you again.

HydroDave63:
Some of the favorite recurring STAR-type questions include:

Name a time when you had the lead role of a project that failed, and how did you deal with it?

Name a time that you had a disagreement with a peer when there was no management or fellow workers to ask, and how did you handle it?

How do you prioritize multiple highly important tasks or projects?

You observe a fellow worker violating a safety procedure, how do you handle it?

Good luck with the interview, it's a plant with a lot of possibilities, going through some interesting and challenging times ;)

jdpierce:
Just wanted to thank everyone for the replies and help.  Past both tests and I believe I did very well at the interview.  I should know within the next week.  Again, thank you all.

JustinHEMI05:
Congratulations! That is great news! Please keep us posted! +K for the success.

Justin

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page