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Job Interview Question 16
Give an example of how you set goals and achieve them
This is a softball behavioral interview question. You have the power to choose a story that
highlights your very best selling qualities for this job—so use it wisely.Show them how you think,
how you approach problems and goals, and how you can succeed. Always choose a professional
example, NOT a personal one. Choose a story that relates as much as possible to a skill that is
central to this job, so that they can easily see how your success in this story would transfer to
success in this job.
A good goal that you reached could be anything:
Completing an important project
Gaining a key customer
Improving a system or process
Increasing sales
Reducing employee turnover
Implementing new procedures to improve X
Improving the company’s reputation for customer service
Tell your story using a STAR format:
