List Your Current Strengths, Abilities, and Values for Interview

The following list of descriptive adjectives should help you further define who you really are, both professionally and personally. Circle those words or phrases that you believe describe you, and keep them in mind when assessing any job offer or any company and its attendant culture.

• Active
• Active in sports
• Active reader
• Active volunteer
• Adaptable
• Adventurous
• Ambitious
• Artistic
• Attractive
• Brave/heroic
• Calm
• Communicative
• Computer literate
• Confident
• Courteous
• Creative
• Decisive
• Dedicated
• Detail-oriented
• Directed
• Dynamic
• Economical
• Efficient
• Empathetic
• Ethical
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent math skills
• Experienced
• Extrovert
• Flexible
• Fluent in other languages
• Focused
• Goal-oriented
• Good delegating skills
• Good leadership skills
• Good listening skills
• Good mathematical skills
• Good negotiating skills
• Good presentation skills
• Good public speaking skills
• Good sense of humor
• Good team-building skills
• Good time management skills
• Good under pressure
• Good written communicator
• Graceful
• Handle stress well
• Hard-working
• High energy
• Highly educated
• Honest
• Introvert
• Learn from mistakes
• Left-brained
• Like people
• Like to travel
• Logical
• Love animals
• Love children
• Loyal
• Make friends easily
• Moral
• Musical
• Neat
• Obsessive
• Organized
• Passionate
• Passive
• Patient
• Perfectionist
• Performer
• Physically strong
• Precise
• Professional
• Quick-thinking
• React well to authority
• Religious
• Responsible
• Right-brained
• Risk averse
• Risk taker
• Sales personality
• Self-motivated
• Sports fan
• Strong-willed
• Supportive of others
• Tenacious
• Welcome change
• Well-groomed
• (Other)————

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How can you know what you want if you haven’t taken the time to assess what’s really important to you? Look at the list of values below. Rate how important each is to you (“1” for least important and “4” for most):

• Adventure
• Being considered an expert
• Challenging tasks
• Chance to advance
• Chance to create
• Chance to grow
• Chance to have an impact
• Chance to lead
• Chance to learn
• Chance to participate
• Clear expectations
• Clear procedures
• Competition
• Creativity
• Enjoyable colleagues
• Enjoyable surroundings
• Enjoyable tasks
• Excitement
• Fast pace
• Freedom from worry
• Glamour
• Having responsibility
• Helping people
• Helping society
• Independence
• Influencing people
• Intellectual stimulation
• Leadership
• Meeting challenges
• Money
• Moral fulfillment
• Personal growth
• Power
• Prestige
• Public contact
• Recognition from peers
• Recognition from society
• Recognition from superiors
• Slow pace
• Stability (security)
• Structure
• Time with family
• Working alone
• Working for something you
• believe in
• Working on a team

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