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Current List of Questions/Behaviors you have chosen: Behavior Question: Freelance Writing Jobs: Cooperation skills Realizes that a positive balanced co-operative work force is vitally important for success in today's modern  newsrooms; has shown this ' mutual interests satisfied' concept in their reports to date. How would you persuade people of the importance of co-operation in today's' newsroom place, especially when it comes to the careful preparation of leading articles Can you give a recent example? If a conflict arises he/she has the ability and the desire to mediate in the interest of all the people involved. Tell me about a time when you acted as an arbitrator to help others resolve their differences. Tries to co-operate with all colleagues and spends time and effort to maintain and keep these relationships in a healthy state. Give me an example of a time when you tried your best to get on with a work colleague but failed. Why do you think that was? What did you learn from that experience? Helpful person; goes out of the way to help others; keeps the interests of the firm in mind at all times; does not exploit other colleagues for his own personal benefit. Tell me about a time when you had to help out a colleague who had made a serious mistake. What did you do? Freelance Writing Jobs: Critical Thinking Processes Is able to think logically and robustly about problems; can analyze data gathered and create alternative strategies for proceeding. Tell me about a recent writing project that really extended your thinking processes? Could you have pushed yourself further? Realizes that often decision have to be made without access to all information, yet constructively handles these stressful situations and makes effective logical decisions based on available data in the fields of organizational change, data flow, production methods and cost/revenue analysis. What steps do you take when you have to make an immediate decision but you do not have access to all the relevant data? Accurately anticipates the duration and difficulty of projects and plans accordingly. Always confers with team members and management concerned to ensure successful functioning of their team and any newly created systems and procedures. When you are given a large project to so, what are the first things you do? Can you give me a recent example? Seeks and enjoys the challenge of complex problems; can design, evaluate, and communicate new methods or procedures; uses feedback and continual study to improve their critical thinking skills. Tell me about the last time you had a very complex problem to solve. Where, lets say you had to investigate facts and law of cases to determine causes of action and then had to prepare cases. Were you happy with the way you handled it? Did you learn any lessons from it? Freelance Writing Jobs: Decision-making Can think logically and arrive at sensible conclusions. Uses a natural logical thinking process in assessing all the relevant data. Does not procrastinate in implementing his/her decision after this cold analysis. Gathering and analyzing research data, such as statutes, decisions, and writing articles, codes, and articles will be an important part of your job. Describe a decision you had to make on your own involving some of the areas above? Were you happy with your decision making process? Is flexible and agile in adapting to a fast moving environment. Can make good decisions in and even enjoy a fast moving business environment. Describe a decision you had to reverse due to new information. What did you learn from this? Realizes that not all decision are 100 perfect. There is often a need for negotiated compromises in arriving at a decision or solution. Tell me about a decision you were unhappy with? Why were you unsatisfied? Freelance Writing Jobs: Emotional intelligence Possesses the emotional intelligence to gauge the mood of people in group situations quickly and accurately. In this job, you may have to arbitrate disputes between parties and assist in real estate closing processes. Tell me about a time when you adapted your presentation after sensing the mood of a group? Did you succeed in turning the situation around? Can build professional relationships based on satisfying mutual interests, possesses strong self-discipline and social skills and can interview witnesses competently How do you go about building productive, and effective relationships with witnesses when you have to call upon them to testify at hearings? Freelance Writing Jobs: Interpersonal skills Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills; can accept constructive criticism; can maintain relations with people even in cases where they cannot agree upon certain issues. Tell me about a time when a colleague criticized one of your writing articles strongly. How did you react? Afterwards, what kind of relationship did you develop with this person? Freelance Writing Jobs: Listening skills Demonstrates strong listening skills, will probe further with probing questions while continuing to focus with honed listening skills; clear focused thinker; will always seek clarification on any unclear points. Tell me about a time when by using your listening skills in arbitrating a dispute between parties you realized the actual 'problem' was totally different from what everyone thought was the 'problem' at the beginning? What did that teach you? Freelance Writing Jobs: Responsibility Knows the importance of time management in projects and has shown in his/her personal example that he/she has the techniques and ability to manage time properly under the pressure of completing projects. How do you manage your time in a project when the project has a tight deadline? Give an example to illustrate your point. Tackles his work with enthusiasm and dedication even in stressful circumstances. Tell me about a specific task you recently undertook, which was a challenge for you? Did you succeed? Did you learn anything new? Is committed ongoing learning and personal growth? Takes personal responsibility for finding these opportunities for learning and enrichment as well as for long-term career planning Describe the extent to which you have taken responsibility for getting more qualifications and for expanding your knowledge base Give me some recent examples? Identifies and attends courses in preparation to request responsibility of directing new projects. Have you ever taken a training course on your own initiative in order to be given more responsibility at work? Give me an example? Is mature and responsible enough not to take negativity or criticism personally; focuses on the issues and how to resolve them. When was the last time you received some very harsh criticism from a superior? How did you take it? What actions did you take afterwards? Freelance Writing Jobs: Written Communication Skills Expresses a continuous commitment to improve written skills; proof of courses and or practice methods; has mastery of their writing and technical vocabulary. What steps have you taken to improve your writing writing skills to communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience? What steps do you intend to take in the future? . Can express complex writing and technical information clearly in the written and spoken word, strives to use words that convey truest meaning and subtleties, is confident in presenting to his/her superiors; responds well to strong questioning and pressure. Tell me about the last writing article you wrote and presented to senior management?