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What Are Your Strengths?

What Are Your Strengths?

by jmalouff | Nov 5, 2023 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Job hunting, Positive psychology, Work

People rarely think about their strengths — unless they are facing a job or admission interview. One likely question there: What are your strengths as a candidate? Aside from an impending interview we can benefit from thinking about our strengths. The thoughts...
Job Interview Question: What was the Last Book You Read?

Job Interview Question: What was the Last Book You Read?

by jmalouff | Dec 6, 2020 | Job hunting, Social psychology, Work

A friend of mine recently had a management-consultant job interview in which he was asked to name the last book he read. I don’t know how he answered — he is not a regular book reader.  My immediate perverse thoughts turned to what answers would be...
Behavioral Job Interviews

Behavioral Job Interviews

by jmalouff | Aug 19, 2019 | Job hunting, Organizational Psychology, Social psychology

When I was a law student in the U.S., I interviewed for a law clerk position with a trial-court judge, who I knew was a war veteran. I saw that he used a cane to move when I met him in his chambers. As he was moving, he dropped a document on the floor. I was frozen...
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