General Flashcards
What are your hobbies and interests?
Chess
Learning foreign languages
Weightlifting
Golf
How would you describe your communications skills?
Verbal - My experience marshalling at park run involved working with a large team. Career Ready program gave me exposure to multiple communication methods
Written - Strong. S: OU, T: Report writing and presentation, A: Structuring through numerous business frameworks, R: Strong grades
Overall, I communicate very clearly and concisely
What makes you unique?
What can you do for us that other candidates can’t?
Reliable through my studies, strong independent learning abilities
Because of autism, had bad social skills - Overcame these challenges through numerous coping mechanisms, I can communicate much better now. Whether that be my email, letter or telephone. Experiences have helped here
How do you handle stress?
Remaining physically active through my interests - (Weightlifting is very demanding)
Have a positive mindset - (Glass half full rather than glass half empty)
Focus on fixing the stress - (e.g. offering solutions for a debtor, instead of going straight to legal action)
What was your biggest failure?
Not completing the computer science degree at Newcastle. The subject just wasn’t for me. Greatly improved my decision-making abilities
Resolved this through subject change, leading to the high degree grade
Tell me about an accomplishment you are most proud of?
Getting my driving license
S: Had poor practical skills
T: Do driving lessons
A: Studied highway code religiously, practice
R: Passing my driving test first hand
How would you describe your organisational skills?
I am highly experienced with spreadsheets - (Formatting, V-Lookup, Pivot tables)
Google calendar (Scheduling throughout the day, Open university meant a lot of independent learning and up to me to submit assignments)
Eisenhower matrix I use personally (Analyse the urgency and importance of tasks)
Do you prefer working independently or on a team?
Blend of both.
Do some of my best work independently (e.g. my assignments, doing data entry into Quickbooks)
Collaboration is essential for a business’ success (VR awards ceremony)
What did you do in the last year to improve your knowledge?
Gain a deeper understanding of accounting - OpenTuition ACCA videos
My degree studies contributed to it, my many assignments. The Udemy courses, and the remote internships I undertook
How do I prioritise tasks?
A useful tool I’ve used is the Eisenhower matrix (Do, schedule, delegate, delete)
Example was balancing multiple degree assignments and my work experience
How do you handle conflict at work?
S: Bright Network remote internship presentation
T: Me and a team member wanted to do the same task
A: Heard their point of view and we agreed a compromise
R: The PESTLE analysis on the company was successful
What experience do you have liaising with wider teams and stakeholders?
S: Internship at AIXR then VR Bound
T: Preparing for the VR Awards ceremony
A: Making notes in Google Sheets on potential contacts
R: Posted my work for everyone else to see on Slack and discussed how to progress with the Awards ceremony in AIXR
What is my biggest weakness?
What areas need improvement?
Since I’m very motivated, I sometimes take too much on, have a hard time saying no to people.
I’ve been improving on this by learning how to delegate, which ensures I don’t take too much on.
Discuss your role at AIMS?
Work experience in a family business alongside my business management and accounting degree
Data entry in QuickBooks, Xero. Through data entry, I explored the functions of the purchase and sales ledger. Gained a strong understanding of VAT
Bank reconciliation within Xero
Discuss your role at Bright Network?
More of a networking event - Communicated using Guild
Had to write a report on a fictional company’s situation
Using PESTLE and risk analysis in the report
