STEP3: PASSION FOR CAUSE-DRIVEN WORK Fact-Finding and Tips Where did you volunteer? Let’s review one or two examples of your volunteer work. What did you like or dislike about it? What did you do? Why did you get involved? What did How often do you get involved you discover about yourself? with volunteering? Describe what you did. Why did you do it? How did you feel about it? How did you feel? What does being inclusive mean to you? Describe a situation What did you do? when you were intentional about being inclusive. Describe your contribution. Why did you do what you did? Whom did you influence? What was the outcome? WHAT TO LOOK FOR Encourages others Displays ease and comfort with people of different backgrounds Seeks out and includes others in order to gather their points of view MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Fact-Finding and Tips I’d like you to tell me about a project or an accomplishment Describe the project and the circumstances. you’re very proud of. This could be school-related, a volunteer activity, or something work-related. Try to select What did you actually do? something that lets me see your ability to work with others, What was the most satisfying part? commit yourself to a task, or something that gives me a What was the most challenging? sense of who you are and what you’re capable of doing. Why was it significant to you? Give me an example of your taking the initiative as part of this project. Now select something that is completely different from what How did you change/grow? you just told me. This could be with a team if your first Did you receive any recognition? example was as an individual, work if your first example What would you do differently? was volunteer, etc. When I call your supervisor… SUGGESTION Listen carefully to the candidate’s response to ensure you’re able to determine his or her individual contribution to the accomplishment. Frequent use of the word may indicate the candidate was “we” part of a team, and that is important; however, probe further with questions such as “What was your role?” or did you learn as a result of that experience?” “What
STEP3: PASSION FOR CAUSE-DRIVEN WORK Fact-Finding and Tips Let’s review one or two examples of your volunteer work. What did you do? Why did you get involved? What did you discover about yourself? Where did you volunteer? What did you like or dislike about it? How often do you get involved with volunteering? Describe what you did. Why did you do it? How did you feel about it? What does being inclusive mean to you? Describe a situation when you were intentional about being inclusive. How did you feel? What did you do? Describe your contribution. Why did you do what you did? Whom did you influence? What was the outcome? WHAT TO LOOK FOR Encourages others Displays ease and comfort with people of different backgrounds Seeks out and includes others in order to gather their points of view MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS Fact-Finding and Tips I’d like you to tell me about a project or an accomplishment you’re very proud of. This could be school-related, a volunteer activity, or something work-related. Try to select something that lets me see your ability to work with others, commit yourself to a task, or something that gives me a sense of who you are and what you’re capable of doing. Now select something that is completely different from what you just told me. This could be with a team if your first example was as an individual, work if your first example was volunteer, etc. Describe the project and the circumstances. What did you actually do? What was the most satisfying part? What was the most challenging? Why was it significant to you? Give me an example of your taking the initiative as part of this project. How did you change/grow? Did you receive any recognition? What would you do differently? When I call your supervisor… SUGGESTION Listen carefully to the candidate’s response to ensure you’re able to determine his or her individual contribution to the accomplishment. Frequent use of the word “we” may indicate the candidate was part of a team, and that is important; however, probe further with questions such as “What was your role?” or “What did you learn as a result of that experience?”
Camp%20Staff%20In-Depth%20Interview%20Form.docx