Often, people can't really give their best at work when stress is included in a project. To control 21 male 2 female (18 male 3 alpha male, 2 seasonal femme brutale) staffs in my department ain't easy. Gender, age differences, education, ethnic background, time constraints piled up in my decision to construct endless motivation, risk management, back-up plan while keeping your stress at bay and flaunt that subtle 'You-better-be-ready' smiles.
Earlier this year, Container Store CEO Kip Tindell said one of the most important things a leader can have is high emotional intelligence.
“Emotional intelligence is the key to being really successful,” he told Business Insider’s Jenna Goudreau.
Perhaps that’s why more and more companies are asking interview questions that are designed to measure a candidate’s emotional intelligence — which is the ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions.
Assisting HR Department to choose the expertise in my team, I am the second person u have to deal with after the HR Manager satisfied with your Education qualifications. Often, I have my own questionnaires to ask these job applicants. I usually promote and let them talk/tell about themselves while answering my question.
Here are some of the most common ones:
1)How will this role help you to achieve what you want in life?
2)What makes you laugh?
3)When is the last time you were embarrassed? (What happened? How did you handle the situation?)
4)What activities energize and excite you?
5)How do you have fun?
6)What are two personal habits that have served you well?
7)How good are you at accepting help from others?
8)How good are you at asking for help?
9)What is one of the internal battles to have each day?
10)What makes you angry?
11)What aspect of your work are you passionate about?
12)How could you create more balance in your life?
13)Who inspires you? Why?
14)On an “average day” would you consider yourself a high or low energy person?
15)On an “average day” is your main focus on results and tasks or people and emotions?
Believe me, handling a job interview in a Nordic country, this seems a new thing to be included. This something that learned from the Swiss while I was in ABB. Male job applicants are intimidated to open up and to answer. To avoid these, your intonation while asking does matter(please note this should be an above casual interview but not an interrogation) and your attire play a role (don't get me wrong, nothing should be flashy here). Present yourself as a feminine interviewer rather than a female-bossy interviewer.
Please be prepared that question no 5 might lead to an unexpected answer. Once a job applicant answer - making love/having sex. If u have this kind of answer, dont crack a laugh. Instead..smile, and execute another question, how that making love/sexual activities benefit his day. #becreative Well..I appointed him as part of team not because that unexpected answer but because he wants to be himself, showing the truth of him can be accepted (I'm in a country that practice #freedomofspeech and he earn positivite vibes after his fun activities that he chose.
Hope this will work!
“Emotional intelligence multiplies the results and effectiveness of intellectual intelligence,” and remember "Emotional labor is the most difficult type of work to do and up until now, the easiest to avoid. It is the essential education we need to embrace the unimaginable"
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