hey everybody Don Georgevich here
jobinterviewtools.com today I'm gonna
show you how to answer the question do
you like working with others or do you
prefer working alone it's a bit of a
trick question and I'm gonna show you
how to answer it
so that it makes it sound like you like
working with other people or you don't
mind working by yourself and it's really
going to create a nice flowing answer
it's gonna make you interviewer happy
it's gonna make you look good in the end
and let's get started okay okay so do
you like working with other people or do
you like working by yourself it's a bit
of a trick question but what are they
really asking you I mean this is a team
clear question and now if you ask if if
you answer you know I like working with
other people and then they're gonna
think that well you can't work alone
this guy can't work by himself if you
say well I like working by myself and
they're gonna be like oh this dude has
it personality issues he can't work with
other people so you lose either way so
that's not cool I'm gonna show you how
to turn that around so you look good
both ways so your answer needs to show
them that you can work well with other
people on a team stuff like that and you
could still work by yourself and manage
yourself and be some disciplined and
that's the what your answer needs to
reflect otherwise you know you're not
gonna hit the mark for this question
yeah it'd also be a great idea if you
knew if this job requires you to work
alone or not I mean maybe this job
requires you to work out of your house
and you know you be by yourself all day
long so then you might want to being
your answer towards you know I don't
mind working alone I kind of like it a
little bit better you know I'll have all
the distractions of all these other
people but you also want to let them
know that you're very self-disciplined
and motivated and that you don't need
anyone to manage you and you can get
things done by yourself without anyone
looking over your shoulder now on the
other hand if the job requires you to
work with other people then you might
want to bend your answer a little bit
more in that direction tell them
like working with other people I feel a
lot gets more get more gets done and you
know tell them you know I don't work
like an alone as much you know but I can
do it and stuff like that do you want to
let people know that you can't work
alone I'm just telling you no you just
want to bend your answer in the other
direction if the job requires you to
work with with more people in a group
setting so let me show you how I like to
answer this question I think it's a
great way it kind of covers you you know
coming and going and it gives you a
great answer in the end you like a good
way to do it is to tell them you know I
like working alone when necessary but I
don't need to be constantly reassured in
my work but I would prefer to work in a
grow because you know I feel we can get
a lot more done when more people are
pulling together towards one specific
goal I mean this is a great answer it
it's basically yes I can work alone it's
a yes I can work with other people it's
a yes I like working alone it's yes yes
it just covers the whole question you
know from front to back in a very
positive manner and the end um that's
gonna make you look a lot better for the
interview for the job
and they're probably going to want to
hire you that's all I have for you today
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