Museum Technician Interview Questions

31 What have you found to be the best way to monitor the performance of your work and/or the work of others? Share a time when you had to take corrective action.
32 What kind of experience do you have performing on-site field work which may involve interviewing people, inspecting and identifying artifacts, note-taking, viewing sites and collections, and repainting exhibition spaces?
33 What are some long-range objectives that you developed in your last job? What did you do to achieve them?
34 Share an experience in which your willingness to lead or offer an opinion helped your company.
35 Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation.
36 Tell me about a time when you constructed skeletal mounts of fossils, replicas of archaeological artifacts, or duplicated specimens, using a variety of materials and hand tools.
37 Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment?
38 Share an experience in which you successfully coordinated with others. How about a coordination effort that was not as successful?
39 Provide an example of a time when you successfully organized a diverse group of people to accomplish a task.
40 Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment?
41 Provide an experience that demonstrates your ability to manage time effectively. What were the challenges and results?
42 Please share an experience in which you successfully taught a difficult principle or concept. How were you able to be successful?
43 Share an experience in which personal connections to coworkers or others helped you to be successful in your work. (Make sure candidate works well with others.)
44 Share an experience in which you used new training skills, ideas, or a method to adapt to a new situation or improve an ongoing one. (Look for the candidate's ability to learn.)

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