What do you consider your biggest achievement at work? What are your biggest challenges? Tell me about a time there was a conflict, either with another employee or with a client, and how you handled it.
I’m pretty proud of a few things I’ve accomplished at [Company].
First, our web statistics have consistently trended upward since I began. This is in part due to the increased use of social media to promote blog posts and publications by my colleagues. In fact, within the past year, the top referrers to our website have been social media networks - which wasn’t previously the case. I’m proud of a double digit increase in both page views and visitors - last month we exceeded our previous highest traffic month to date - by 8%.
But traffic isn’t everything - I’m also proud of the increase of knowledgeable, relevant content on our site. I’ve worked hard to promote the idea that content is king - and I’ve worked hard to encourage people to write that content. It’s been a challenge, but I believe that’s also contributed to the increase in traffic.
On a more fun note, I’m pleased that an idea I had - to wear jeans one Friday a month in exchange for donating to a charity - has continued for over a year. I love that we pick a new charity each month to learn about and support. It makes me very proud that because of my idea, we’ve contributed to several charities in the Grand Rapids area.
{What’s a good way to answer the conflict part of the question if your method for dealing with conflict is to avoid it and hope it goes away?}