Gallup Coaching Questions and Answers A+ Graded

Gallup Coaching Questions and Answers A+ Graded What is the first thing you think of when you wake up? - CORRECT ANSWER-What I need to accomplish for the day and what I have to do to achieve it. What do you think of on the way to and from work? - CORRECT ANSWER-My goals for the day, what needs to get done and the best way to accomplish this. Would you rather work as a team or independently? - CORRECT ANSWER-I would much rather work as a team. When you have a combination of ideas and strengths and talents you can produce something much greater than you can produce alone. Tell me about a time you quit something - CORRECT ANSWER-When I was a Junior in highschool I did not play basketball that year because the coach would not allow me to go on college visits for softball and I could not fully commit to this leadership style. Are you a critical thinker or do you use creativity/ intuition to make decisions? - CORRECT ANSWER-I would say i am definitely more of a critical thinker. When a situation is put in front of me I look at it from a numbers and logistic point of view to make a final decision. Tell me about a stressful situation at a previous job and how did you handle it? - CORRECT ANSWER-When i was working for the media department at my college we were in charge of posting social media updates mid game with pictures that I was taking. When I got to the field we realized with all of the fans there was no cell service and we had to come up with a new way to get the photos to the press box so I would run up after every quarter and manually transfer the pictures over so we could keep these posts up and running without delay. Would you rather be a leader of a team or part of a team? - CORRECT ANSWER-I would say I would definitely rather be a leader. Most of the time I like to take initiative to come up with a goal and a plan to achieve it. I have taken on a leadership role my entire life on all of my sports teams. Do you like telling people what to do? - CORRECT ANSWER-I do not mind telling people what to do. I think it is important that a leader does this to his "team" in order to get everyone on the same page fulfilling their individual tasks to have ideal success. Describe your problem solving process - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Analyze the entire situation, pinpoint the problem 2. Come up with solutions, pros and cons to each solution 3. decide the best solution and then plan a way to actually execute this smoothly Are you a positive person? How are you positive? - CORRECT ANSWER-I am definitely a positive person. My personality is to always look at the positives in every situation, even if it seems nearly impossible to find one. The people who spend a lot of time around me would say that I am constantly encouraging and emphasizing positives, especially in softball. I learned to do this really well when I had to sit out my sophomore season after my labrum surgery. Do you out perform your co-workers? - CORRECT ANSWER-Although I have not yet been in a specific situation where performance among coworkers can be measured, I can definitely say that I out perform my peers. My entire life I have always not only done what has expected of myself and the people around me, but I have taken that a step further and excelled when others are content. Give an example of when you were the "best" - CORRECT ANSWER-My Freshman year in the GMAC tournament I allowed 0 earned runs and earned conference pitcher of the week that week. Give your definition of the word team - CORRECT ANSWER-I think that the best way to describe the word team would be a handful of different beliefs and talents all putting forth their best effort to achieve a common goal.