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Below are the stock questions you will be asked in your interview along with 5-7 jobs specific questions

We will be making offer call between May 10th-17th

If you have any questions please contact the Personnel Office

 

 

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 Photo Courtesy Cade Schmidt, AS Lead Photographer.

                                              (c) Cade Smchidt, AS Lead Photographer

2012-2013 AS Personnel Office Staff
From left to right:
Nidia Hernandez- AS Personnel Office Project Assistant
Sara Richards- AS Personnel Director
Ruta Nanivadekar- AS Personnel Assistant Director (Staff Development)
Stephanie Cox- AS Personnel Assistant Director (Staff Recognition)

The AS Personnel Office is located in the Viking Union, room 505.
The AS Personnel Office is responsible for the Human Resources of the Associated Students. This includes, but is not limited to, upholding all aspects of the AS Employment Policy, orchestrating and overseeing all AS student employee hiring, processing all employment paperwork for AS student employees, the placement of work-study positions, and organizing AS-wide employee recognition and Staff Development. The current office is charged with assessing the needs of the organization concerning day-to-day activities and supporting AS employees whenever possible.

 

Director Positions:

  1. Why are you interested in working for the Associated Students as the_________?
  2. Tell us how you have addressed a situation where there were varying opinions within your group about how to accomplish a goal?
  3. Describe a time when you managed a budget at work, personally, or for an organization.  How would you apply that experience to managing a budget in this position?
  4. Leadership comes in a variety of ways such as group events, activities, and class projects among many other things, when presented with a leadership opportunity, what role do you tend to take?
  5. Tell us about a time when you had a disagreement with a friend, classmate, or colleague, and how you resolved it?
  6. The AS has a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, positive affirmation, and being accessible to all Western students.  How has your experience and background prepared you to be effective at working in this environment, and how would you apply it to your work in this position?

Assistant Director:

  1. Why are you interested in working for the Associated Students as the _____________?
  2. Tell us how you would address a situation where there is more than one way to accomplish a goal and there were varying opinions by others on your staff about how to reach that goal.
  3. Describe a time when you managed a budget at work, personally, or for an organization. How would you apply that experience to managing a budget in this position?
  4. Leadership comes in a variety of ways such as group events, activities, and class projects among many other things, when presented with a leadership opportunity, what role do you tend to take? 
  5. Tell us about a time when you had a disagreement with a friend, classmate, or colleague, and how you resolved it?
  6. The AS has a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, positive affirmation, and being accessible to all Western students.  How has your experience and background prepared you to be effective at working in this environment, and how would you apply it to your work in this position?

Associate Director

  1. Why are you interested in working for the Associated Students as the ______________?
  2. Tell us how you have addressed a situation where there were varying opinions within your group about how to accomplish a goal?
  3. Describe a time when you, managed a budget at work, personally, or for an organization.  How would you apply that experience to managing a budget in this position?
  4. Leadership comes in a variety of ways such as group events, activities, and class projects among many other things, when presented with a leadership opportunity, what role do you tend to take? 
  5. Tell us about a time when you had a disagreement with a friend, classmate, or colleague, and how you resolved it?
  6. The AS has a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, positive affirmation, and being accessible to all Western students.  How has your experience and background prepared you to be effective at working in this environment, and how would you apply it to your work in this position?
  7. In this position you will be in charge of managing a group of staff and volunteers how will you ensure your employee and volunteers are motivated and their work is recognized

Coordinator:

  1. Why are you interested in working for the Associated Students as the __________?
  2. In this position you may be supervising other student employees and/or volunteers. What is your experience related to supervision, and how will you apply it to empower others and keep them motivated throughout the school year?
  3. Describe a time when you managed a budget at work, personally, or for an organization.  How would you apply that experience to managing a budget in this position?
  4. Leadership comes in a variety of ways such as group events, activities, and class projects among many other things, when presented with a leadership opportunity, what role do you tend to take? 
  5. Describe to us the steps you took to organize, plan and complete a project that had a deadline?
  6. The AS has a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, positive affirmation, and being accessible to all Western students.  How has your experience and background prepared you to be effective at working in this environment, and how would you apply it to your work in this position?

Assistant Coordinator

  1. Why are you interested in working for the Associated Students as the ___________?
  2. Describe to us the steps you took to organize, plan and complete a project that had a deadline
  3. Tell us about a creative solution you developed to solve a problem
  4. This position requires you to work with little supervision at times, describe a time when you had to work on a project unsupervised.
  5. Give us an example of a time when you felt excessive demands were placed on you. How did you handle the situation?
  6. The AS has a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, positive affirmation, and being accessible to all Western students.  How has your experience and background prepared you to be effective at working in this environment, and how would you apply it to your work in this position?