Advanced Personals Questionnaire

This form has important situational questions which require you to quote various instances
from your life and highlight different qualities. You can choose to follow the CARE (Context
action result) approach. Read more on the approach here. Do read the examples given in the
link.

Please think of examples/incidents from your personal or professional life, for each of the
following situations. An incident could fit under one or more of these situations. Write
your answers in about 300 words.

1. Mention an incident in your life where you convinced a group of people to do a task. How did
you go about it and what were the problems and learning? What was your contribution to the
whole thing?

2. Detail an incident where you resolved a conflict.

3. What is one setback you have faced in life and how did u cope with it and emerge victorious?
(either professional or personal)

4. An example of a time when you had to work with others and accept their view point though
you had a different view point no one agreed with.

5. An example of a time when you used someone else's idea to solve a particular problem that
you faced or your group faced.

6. An example of a time when you had to achieve something very critical with limited resources.
Explain the situation and the limitations faced as well.

7. An example of a time when you helped someone overcome their problems and understand
their capabilities in order to emerge successful.

8. A time when you implemented an innovative idea that changed the whole process of how
something was done.
9. An illustration of a time when people came to you for help, how you handled it, what the
outcome was, and what did you understand about yourself from the process-strengths as well
as weaknesses.

10. A time when you had to deal with a complex situation in a not-so-traditional way and had to
come up with innovative ideas and a unique solution to solve the problem in hand.

11. A situation when you had to decide between two alternatives - in effect a tough decision. State
the alternatives, which one you chose and why.

12. A situation when you felt handicapped or not so comfortable, why and how you tackled it.

13. A situation when you had to work with a group and co-ordinate in order to achieve specific
results within a particular amount of time.

14. A time when you felt you could have done something better than how you had actually done
it, why and what the learning process out of it was.

15. An example of a time when you compromised on values

16. An example of a time when others criticized you

17. A situation when you put in efforts/ performance beyond requirements

18. An illustration of a time when you had a difference in opinion with the team, but you went
ahead with your decision.

19. An illustration of a time when you made an unreasonable request (in hindsight).
20. Give an example of a situation where you took risk which did not pay off.

21. Give an example of a situation where you took a risk which paid off.

22. An instance you received constructive feedback and how you worked on it.

23. A time when things didn't go according to plan. How did you improvise, and what was the
result?