Interview questions

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I'm intensively looking for a new role. I read example questions and prepare myslef for an interviews. One question I find hard to answer: Give an example, when you reached for more diverse perspective? I don't have a clue. I asked my manager, but he wasn't very helpful. What kind of example I could provide? Any advice?

Maybe you asked a colleague or friend how they'd tackle a task/asked advice from someone who was different to you?

I don't even understand what that question means? Reach for what, from who? Yourself? How can you have another perspective than your own. From others? I suppose you could "reach out" to others to gain a more diverse perspective on a problem or project. Bit of a nobby way putting it though surely that's just teamwork?!?

PS in most interviews I've had, no one would ever know if my examples were real/no way to check.

Like @SunshineAndFizz has said.

Perhaps you can give an example of where you canvassed opinions rather than relying on your own.

Something as simple as this is inviting different perspective tubes:
what would you like to do to celebrate our team successes this year? Inviting the team members to suggest options.

*no idea where tubes came from!

The question is designed to explore your awareness of the factvthstbpeople's sex, gender, race, religion, socio-ecobomuc status and sexual orientation impact on their approach to issues and that in a healthy organisations decisions are made mindfully of this fact.

The fact neither you nor your manager nor pps seem to have any awareness of the importance of this is sad.

They basically want to hear that you're not close-minded. Unconscious bias and all that.

Find a way to say that you like hearing/considering other opinions and give an example when that lead you to doing something differently.

@WishingMyLifeAway I don't quite understand this question either, I guess I'm trying to reach a different perspective.

It's a fairly standard question albeit weirdly phrased. It was certainly one of our standard questions when I used to interview for my old organisation. Are there examples of times maybe when you've organised workshops to get a diverse perspective on an issue or sought advice from a colleague with a different view to you? I agree with @Christmaspyjamas that it's a bit worrying if you and your manager don't have examples of that kind of thing.

I think the issue is that your question makes sense but the question the OP noted doesn't. You can guess at what they are trying to get at but it's very unclear and poorly (and imo pretentiously) phrased. I am ND and find questions like this incredibly hard to decode so phrasing a question in this way regarding diversity is and interesting choice and indicative of a lack of actual real understanding about inclusivity.

Interesting that everyone who is bashing the OP about not having any examples of how "diversity aware" she's been has missed this!

@WishingMyLifeAway That's a fair point around ND; I would hope that when I asked a question like that it would be a bit more clear and certainly rephrased if needed. You're absolutely right to pull up the double standards though and I totally hold my hands up to that one. Thank you.

The OP hasn't said she's ND. I am and still managed. Nice try.

Good for you. Not everyone who is ND is the same as I am sure you know and unclear communication is an known problem for many people who are ND. Particularly autistic people who can interpret language very literally and precisely. When it's unclear it can be confusing or misinterpreted.

No need for the snarky comments.

@CantFindTheBeat , @SunshineAndFizz thank you for giving an example, that's what I was looking for. Ask team , how to celebrate success.
@Christmaspyjamas @mynameiscalypso Thank for your imput. Can you give specific example, please? I know different people will have a different opinions.

It depends what you do really in terms of examples. I am, for example, putting together a panel event at the moment and am keen to ensure there's representation from the Global South so we get a different perspective on the issues that we're discussing.

Thanks for the lovely response. Really nice to hear that there are people out there that are thinking about this stuff and not just box ticking 😀. PS I thought your version of the question was very clear 😀

That's how I'd interpret it too, we often ask for diverse opinions but it has nothing to do with diversity targets, it's funny how the word diverse now seems to have a narrow definition.

"I was leading a situation and was clear on my goal, reviewed the info available and came to a conclusion as I'd next steps.
But before acting I shared the info and my conclusion with x and y to get a different perspective.
It was useful because they saw it slightly differently and brought in some new insights I hadn't initially considered or knew much about.
I then amended my plan of action accordingly.
The final plan was better and I achieved the goal in a better way due to seeking alternative perspectives from others".

Well, there was that time you went on the internet and asked for opinions...😂