Abilities Interview Question:

Everyone has made some poor decisions or has done something that just did not turn out right. Give an example of when this has happened to you?

Submitted by: Muhammad

In my freshman psychology class, we had to do a group project and presentation, and we got to pick our group members. I was a freshman, and inexperienced with group projects, so I picked two of my friends, even though I knew that they were not hard workers and didn't care about their grades. At the time, I didn't care that they weren't good students, I just wanted to be comfortable with the people I was working with. I ended up doing most of the project very last minute and by myself because I couldn't get them to work on it with me. The project and presentation were both really bad, and all three of our final grades were almost 10 points lower because of it. Needless to say, I never picked a friend as a group member, again, unless I knew he or she was diligent in school. I learned to be more strategic about team members and also how to motivate people who are not as enthusiastic as I am.
Submitted by: Muhammad