More and more, organisations are looking for employees to share ideas, suggestions, to be innovative and creative, due to the fast-paced changes within job sectors created by globalization, new entries and technology.
When asked an interveiw question on ‘suggestions’ you will know that this organisation is forward-thinking.
This question also tells you the company is looking for team players and creative people.
Use a real-life example of when you put a suggestion forward, the situation, how the idea developed and the outcome.
Answering ‘suggestion’ Interveiw Questions.
Situation – initially start the interveiw question by describing the problem the company was facing.
This could be, as an example, a new product from a competitor that was going to reduce company income in your organisation. Or how global events were affecting sales or production.
Developed – next explain your process for finding a solution (the suggestion you took to an employer) Use detail here; talk about two different ideas and how you looked at the opportunities and threats for each option.
Talk about any research you undertook or challenges you faced. SHow that it wasn’t just a lightbulb moment and that you thought about the suggestion or idea.
Outcome – end with the positive outcome, how the idea was initially tested and then implemented, and how the idea helped the company financially.
Example Answers
“In my previous company, the management team was asked to suggest ideas how we could break a new policy to the workforce, that long term would save jobs but the short term could potentially upset some of the workforces. Having had previous experience in change management I knew change management theories that could be easily administered. With the orgnasiation being a smaller family-run company with no experience of change management, I went away a created a project plan including a comms and risk plan. The whole project was detailed out with step by step guides on how to implement the changes. The manager was really impressed with the detail and research and implemented the project plan that resulted in a smooth change with no staff losses or grievances.”
