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What do hiring managers want to hear when they ask me about my greatest achievement?

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    Depends on your department, possibly your best or most impressive sale, customer contact, situation dealt with or handled.

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    Accomplishments I've made

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    Usually I am looking for someone who has had to do something really difficult. Someone who had a challenge they overcame. This question is one good way to find that out.

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    how has my greatest achievement helped the company improve if a business related question.

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    Every question is an opportunity for you to showcase what is unique and wonderful about yourself as a worker and personally. Take a look at what you consider your greatest achievement, and then reflect on why it is so important to you and tap into that part of the answer. How you grew or developed!

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    Tell them something that you're proud of doing. And ideally something related to the job that you're interviewing for currently.

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    Why do you feel that is the greatest, how did you define and measure it SMART goals individual or team ?

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    Anything that has to do with you bettering your future

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    That you can clearly articulate a time you used an advertised skill that resulted in a demonstrated success .

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    I want to hear how they dealt with obstacles. There are always obstacles and too many people accept defeat too early.