dds2020 Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 i'm wondering if you think it's a bad idea to ask whether you can offer a behavioral response instead of a situational one (or vice versa) if you can't think of a particular situation on the spot? this probably wouldn't be ideal, but do you think you'd get penalized for making such a request? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Please elaborate or explain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dds2020 Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Please elaborate or explain. e.g. recall a time when you were really stressed out and tell me how you handled it: this would be a situational question that's asking for a situational answer. if you can't think of a particular time this happened, how acceptable/unacceptable do you think it would be to offer to tell them how you WOULD respond to being really stressed out instead? this would be a behavioral response to the original situational question. i don't imagine this being a big problem unless you do it too often, but i could be wrong. thoughts? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambi Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Answer the question asked and do not deal with a hypothetical. In other words, I would not answer a question that is not asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleanup Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 e.g. recall a time when you were really stressed out and tell me how you handled it: this would be a situational question that's asking for a situational answer. if you can't think of a particular time this happened, how acceptable/unacceptable do you think it would be to offer to tell them how you WOULD respond to being really stressed out instead? this would be a behavioral response to the original situational question. i don't imagine this being a big problem unless you do it too often, but i could be wrong. thoughts? thanks! From what I recall your quoted question is actually a behavioural question (ie. past behaviour). Situational is the hypothetical. If you can't come up with something that matches the situation they're asking for, you a) Modify something that happened to you to fill the role (ie. stretch the truth slightly); I'm not advocating this, I'm just saying it's possible--I did it, and it requires practice or b ) You can be honest and ask for another question. I think you can do this once in the interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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