GirlGI | Girl Gone International GirlGI Issue 3 | Page 54

Adaptability & Flexibility Skills While studying, travelling and living abroad things are often out of your control. The things you do to adjust and adapt to those unanticipated situations are commendable and will likely give you unique and solid answers to questions asked during a job interview. Task Think of examples of when you have successfully done the following – • Integrated new information and drew conclusions from it • Switch from the detail to the ‘big picture’ within a task • Intellectual flexibility – keeping an open mind is important. You should be able to demonstrate that during meetings or general interaction • Responded to a change with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn new ways to achieve targets and objectives is a key competency • Showed creativity by actively seeking out new ways of doing things and not being scared to improvise and/or experiment • Changed your behavior or adjusted your style of working or method of approach to meet the needs of a situation or emergency