When you are asked in an interview 'what is your drive?'.
When you are asked in an interview 'what is your drive?'.
What is DRIVE (as related to job interview)
What makes you show up at work each day? -- what makes you perform well and do your best?
What motivates you?
What's your passion.
I just go to work, go through the motions of what is expected of me to get through the day and that's about it. I put in my hours and that's what I'm paid for.
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I love what I do, I help the company by being a small part of a much larger team that has a great goal and I get to be a part of that! I'm very passionate about phones. Yes, phones, I know that sounds a little strange, but I know that what I do enables the rest of the company to be more productive and operate more efficiently. I believe in the vision of our company and I am excited to be a part of it. I see my job as one that enables the rest of the company to do theirs more easily, more quickly and sometimes, more happily.
I take personal pride and ownership of what I do and make it a priority to handle all requests the same or next day, whenever possible. I like consistancy and strive for creating documentation of everything I do as clear as possible so if I get hit by a bus tomorrow, someone else could step in and pick up right where I left off, even if they didn't know anything about my job.
If someone has a request that we do not have in place, I love researching, I love making things work... I have an inquisitive mind that always wants to learn more. I go home and research the newest technologies, just because I want to be the best at what I do, and I always want for there to be more to learn, to become better at what I do and offer more solutions to my customers.
If something needs to be done after hours, so as not to disrupt day to day business, I am happy to work late or on weekends and I will stay until the job is completed. I feel like I make a difference in my company and I can say that I really love what I do.
P.S. The latter one is an example of 'drive' and - for me it's all true! :)
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