Job Interview tomorrow!

"DanimalHouse" (thrillerwa09) 03/26/2015 at 20:32 • Filed to: Boeing; Jobs

6

15

Big job interview tomorrow at Boeing in their Commercial Airlines Division!

I've been trying to get out of my current position at a financial services company for a long long time.

Keep me in your thoughts, Opponauts!!!

TheHondaBro > DanimalHouse 03/26/2015 at 20:34

1

Awesome! I want to work for Boeing eventually.

dogisbadob > DanimalHouse 03/26/2015 at 20:39

1

Good luck!

whoarder is tellurium > DanimalHouse 03/26/2015 at 20:47

1

That's awesome. Good luck! I'd love a job in aerospace.

If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going.

jkm7680 > DanimalHouse 03/26/2015 at 20:47

0

Good luck!

Spaceball-Two > DanimalHouse 03/26/2015 at 20:55

0

NICE! Everett or Renton?

ttyymmnn > DanimalHouse 03/26/2015 at 21:03

2

f86sabre > DanimalHouse 03/26/2015 at 21:07

1

Good luck! What kind of position? Pretty sure Boeing uses STAR formatted questions for their interviews for merit employees. Situation/Task, Action and Result. They basically want you to tell a story of what happened, what you did and how it all worked out. An example:

Name a time when you had to prioritize two competing objectives and what did you do?

S/T: I had two projects that were due on the same day.

A: I evaluated each task and estimated the time available and the resources it would take to get each tasks done. I also looked at my other work load. I realized that project A required the use of tool A and it was only available on Tuesdays. Project B required me to do online research. I also realized that I had other work, Project C, that that could wait until next week. I set up project A until the point where it was ready to go to tool A. While project A was on tool A, which took 3 hours to process, I worked on the research for project B.

R: Taking advantage of the processing time for Project A, and moving Project C to next week, allowed me to complete both projects on time and to get my deliverable to my customer.

Listen very closely to the questions, don't hesitate to ask them to reread them. If a question asks for the most difficult decision you have had to make, don't use an example where you were deciding what color of socks to wear in the morning. Tell them about a DIFFICULT decision. STARs is full of those kind of nuances.

http://careerservices.wayne.edu/behavioralinte…

DanimalHouse > ttyymmnn 03/26/2015 at 21:07

1

Hahaha, YES!!!

Spaceball-Two > f86sabre 03/26/2015 at 21:18

0

Ugh.. Before I got into finance I had several panel interviews that went just like this. So nerve wracking!

DanimalHouse > f86sabre 03/26/2015 at 21:36

2

Thanks for the detailed reply! It's a Staff Analyst position, which is not specifically suited to my work history, but it sounds like a great job and is a foot in the door for more opportunities. Yes, I've read about this STAR format quite a bit. A relative of mine also works for the company and tipped me off about it, as well (glad to hear it from multiple sources!). I've had good luck with these kind of behavioral interviews in the past, and I hope the chances are still in my favor.

Cheers!

desertdog5051 > f86sabre 03/26/2015 at 21:55

1

Holy shit. I remember my first job interview. "can you read a tape measure?" I was self-employed for most of my life, so this stuff just blows my mind.

f86sabre > Spaceball-Two 03/26/2015 at 21:57

1

Yeah, for those who are unexpectant they can be rough. I've seen some horror show interviews. I've also seen people nail it. Really, it is 50% the story you tell and 50% how you navigate the questions.

f86sabre > DanimalHouse 03/28/2015 at 21:16

0

how did it go?

DanimalHouse > f86sabre 03/30/2015 at 11:57

0

Went really well. They followed up with a call in the afternoon to ask more questions, including "if everything goes well" how soon I could leave my current position. So that's definitely a good start.

f86sabre > DanimalHouse 03/30/2015 at 12:37

0

Cool! Drop me a line when you know for sure.