In this next article, I will teach you how to answer the difficult interview question. Tell me about a time you had to learn something quickly. Wow, this really is a difficult interview question to answer correctly. However, if you have a job interview coming up for any role or any organization, make sure you stay tuned because I will give you the perfect scripted answer that’s going to help you be the standout candidate.
Let’s jump straight into the presentation. So to help you pass your interview, I will cover the following three things during this tutorial.
- Number one, I will explain why the interviewer is asking you the question. Tell me about a time you had to learn something quickly. Now there is a specific reason why this interview question is being asked, and you need to know it to answer it correctly.
- Number two, I will tell you the best way to structure your answer to get the highest scores possible.
- And then number three, I will give you the perfect scripted, top scoring answer that that’s going to help you pass your interview.
Number one
- So to begin with, why is the interviewer asking you the question? Tell me about a time you had to learn something quickly? Well, the interviewer expects you to get up to speed quickly in the role, and they also want you to take on additional responsibilities that are perhaps outside of the job description.
- Now, if you are the type of person who takes a long time to learn things, or if you have trouble retaining lots of job specific information, you are less likely to get hired. Let me now tell you the best way to structure your answer to the interview question.
Number two
- This is a behavioral interview question where you must give a specific example of a previous situation you have been in where you learn something quickly. Therefore, the best way to answer the question is to use what is called the star technique.
- The star technique stands for situation, task action and result.
- Now, when you answer the interview question, tell me about a time when you had to learn something quickly, start off and tell the interviewer the situation you were faced with, then move on and explain the task you had to complete, then go into detail specific details about the action you took to complete the task before finishing off and explaining the results following your actions.
Number three
Let me now give you a brilliant, top scoring answer that utilizes a star technique to the question. Here we go.
- In my previous job, my manager asked for a volunteer to cover the responsibilities of a co-worker who was going to be off sick for several weeks.
- I volunteered to be that person. Now it was my task to quickly learn their duties, whilst at the same time making sure my own responsibilities were fulfilled so I started out by reading their job description before deciding which tasks I could easily do and which ones I would need to learn.
- Now, for the ones I needed to learn, I read the company operational manual when I got home from work that evening and I consulted with a coworker to get some tips on how to complete each task to the required standard.
- Now, by prioritizing which tasks I needed to learn and by dedicating the right amount of time to each one, I was able to learn all of my coworkers duties within twenty four hours.
There’s is a brilliant, top scoring answer to that difficult behavioral interview question.
Now the next thing to do is head through to my website and you can find full set of interview questions and top scoring answers, including the ones I’ve worked through together today so make sure you go through to the website because I’ve also placed more questions on there that I recommend you prepare for. There’s also some really important additional tips that will help you to polish your interview. Make sure you check those out.
I hope you’ve enjoyed that tutorial. As I said at the start, it’s really important because I can then help you not just pass every job interview, but I can help you to negotiate a salary, get a pay rise and also get a promotion and make sure you share your feedback on the comments section. That’s all I ask that motivates me to create more articles for you. It’s really good to connect with like minded professionals such as yourself. Thank you so much for reading, and I wish you all the best for passing your interview. Have a great day!