| Employers want their employees to have drive and | | | | to come up with it. It can be small, as long as it shows |
| determination. They don't want people who give up | | | | that you can deal with the problems that come up in |
| when things are difficult, or who can't be depended | | | | the course of work. |
| upon to carry things through when they aren't being | | | | Employers don't just want to know you handle |
| watched. They'll be looking for determination in those | | | | disappointments, they also want to know that you'll be |
| they interview. Read on to find out how to prove to an | | | | able to contribute independently without being explicitly |
| interviewer that you have what it takes. | | | | ordered to. Think of a time when you came up with an |
| Interviewers want to know that you can bounce back | | | | idea about how to be more productive or efficient at |
| from disappointment. The interviewer may ask about a | | | | work, and started using it. It doesn't have to be |
| time when you suffered a setback, and want to know | | | | anything big, just anything that was your personal |
| how you handled it. Pick a time in your life when | | | | contribution to improving the workplace. |
| something didn't work out -- it could be a project that | | | | Finally, during the interview you should show your |
| didn't go the way it was anticipated or a job | | | | determination to get the job and do it well. Don't be |
| opportunity that didn't pan out -- and talk about what | | | | overbearing; just be animated and interested when |
| you learned from the experience and how you got on | | | | talking to the interviewer. Show that you aren't |
| with things immediately afterward. | | | | indifferent about the job and it isn't just any other job |
| In addition to wanting employees who can get back up | | | | to you. Even if it really is just another job, employers |
| on their feet after things don't work out, employers | | | | see their companies as special and want you to see it |
| also want workers who can overcome obstacles that | | | | that way too. |
| get in the way of getting the job done. Remember a | | | | Follow these simple steps and you'll be able to answer |
| time when an unexpected problem arose at work, and | | | | any questions about your drive and determination in |
| you were able to improvise and come up with a | | | | the workplace. Your interviewer will see that you are |
| solution. Or think of a time when there was one key | | | | serious about working, and will see the confidence that |
| element missing from a project, and you were the one | | | | being prepared gave you. |