Are You a Team Player?

Everyone spends most of their time working alone but occasionally they must come together to interact, even if it's to organize the end-of-year office party.

Are You a Team Player? This is often the first question in a series of interview questions about being a team player.

The beginning of your response is always "Yes!"

•   Recall a few specific workplace examples when you were a team player, and then commit the general picture of the stories.
•   Think of concrete examples of teamwork you've been involved in. What did you do to contribute to the work itself and what did you do to maintain team cohesion/harmony/meet team deadlines?
•   Have you got concrete examples of the ways in which you've helped colleagues to overcome work obstacles such as not getting their work done on time?
• Think about difficult situations in teams. How have you handled these? Were you a contributor of difficult behavior sometimes and if so, what have you learned from that?
• Do you have concrete examples of overcoming team communication problems? How would you apply these now?

Finally, show something concrete as an outcome of your teamwork. For example: "My team was appreciative of my willingness to stay back an extra half hour when the deadline got nearer. As a result of my help in covering a sick team member's absence, we got our project completed just ahead of time and we won the contract.



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