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Tell about the most difficult challenge you faced in trying to work cooperatively with someone who did not share the same ideas? What was your role in achieving the work objective? What was the long term impact on your ability to get things done while working together?
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Human Services Specialist

Interviewed at State of Kansas

3.4
Oct 10, 2014

Tell about the most difficult challenge you faced in trying to work cooperatively with someone who did not share the same ideas? What was your role in achieving the work objective? What was the long term impact on your ability to get things done while working together?

The question I stumbled on was:Please tell about the value of diversity in the workplace. I found it difficult because it was not posed as the other questions in a way that, in my mind, fit the SOAR response formula.
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Human Services Specialist I

Interviewed at Oregon Department of Human Services

3.3
Jan 9, 2015

The question I stumbled on was:Please tell about the value of diversity in the workplace. I found it difficult because it was not posed as the other questions in a way that, in my mind, fit the SOAR response formula.

They did ask us to write in our own words, the difference between corporal punishment and physical abuse. We then had to describe how we would know if corporal punishment crossed the line and became physical abuse.
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Human Services Specialist II

Interviewed at South Carolina Department of Social Services

2.9
Jun 10, 2015

They did ask us to write in our own words, the difference between corporal punishment and physical abuse. We then had to describe how we would know if corporal punishment crossed the line and became physical abuse.

1) dealing with angry customer 2) meeting with deadlines 3) work scenario for a day: meeting with boss at 8, appointment with client at 10, deadline to submit important project by 12 etc, and prioritize your work.
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Human Services Specialist

Interviewed at County of San Diego

3.8
Nov 27, 2023

1) dealing with angry customer 2) meeting with deadlines 3) work scenario for a day: meeting with boss at 8, appointment with client at 10, deadline to submit important project by 12 etc, and prioritize your work.

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