Unit 14.4        Interview Questions

Here are eight questions from an interview with a trainer from an outdoor education organisation. He specialises in team-building programmes for major companies, in which employees from different sectors of the company come together and spend a week together far away from their normal workplace and roles performing a number of tasks together. These interview questions have been cut in half. You have three different second halves - click on the one that you think matches the first half of the question.

In what ways is an outdoor education programme like yours able to contribute______

towards team-building in a business context?

equally from each of the participants?

sufficient income given the high costs involved?  

 

What kinds of organization participate ______

the highest proportion of their staff? 

sponsorship arrangements? 

in your programmes?

How closely do you liaise   _______

with Human Resources managers? 

their levels of personal motivation?

the diversity of personalities and objectives?

We’ve all seen reality programmes like ‘Survivor’ on television. Do you feel the need to reassure ______

the need for privacy and respect?

participants that they won’t be treated in the same way as those programmes?

that there are no losers on your programme - and no one is ever rejected? 

How can you be sure that your programmes are compatible ______

to such a fast-moving global environment?

in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats? 

with the needs and goals of your business partners?

You have worked with a wide range of organizations. Are your programmes similarly ______

organised?

working? 

diverse?

When senior managers participate in programmes with more junior members of staff, does this lead to difficulties related to  ______

reassurance?

status? 

familiarisation?

 

During the short time frame available on your courses, what can be done to facilitate  ______ 

long-term team-building? 

the difficulty of achieving crucial objectives?

the participants of the significance of their progress?

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