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Result (What happened as a result of your actions? Quantify this wherever possible.)

Here are some sample answers:

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“X was the situation, and I remembered that I had done something similar in Y, so I did a little
research online and figured out how to apply the principles I learned there to achieve this new goal.”

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“I was faced with X, and at first, I didn’t know what to do. But I remembered that our overall goals
were A, B, and C. So I thought about what course of action would keep us moving toward those
goals? After that, it was easy to narrow down the options, and this is what I did. As a result, we had a
fantastic outcome, XYZ.”

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“In my last job, X happened. We had no procedures in place to handle that, so I did some research
and found some books on the subject. I read those, had a couple of discussions with my mentor, to
kick around ideas, and presented my ideas to my team. After some discussion with them, I developed
a new set of procedures to handle X. We had such success with it that the company implemented our
new procedure throughout all the divisions.”

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“In my first job, X happened. I didn’t know the first thing about how to handle it, so I did some
research and asked for input from people in a similar position with more experience than I had at that
time. I was able to use some of what they told me and incorporated it into a new solution for our
problem. As a result, we saw X% increase in sales.”

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The hiring manager wants to know that you can think on your own and come up with rational,
proactive solutions that produce great results for the company.