Reference no: EM134050247

Assignment:

Write a job application self-reflection based upon these feedback points.

use Borton's model for reflection

Why this role and why you? Talked to education. Talked briefly to working as a mech engineer in gear design company. Responses don't invite feedback.

This company and role? The start of your response about other radiator companies was a bit odd, or lost on me. Talked briefly to visiting Air Radiators. Talked methodically to product life cycle / process.

Impact of this role on company? What challenges and responsibilities? describe some... what skills? describe some. All very general "some sort of organisation skills". Talked for a while before talking about safety, planning, strategy responsibilities in a little more detail. Still a bit vague though.

Why us compared to others? (Paul is asking several prompting questions to help you). Talked to other organisations mentioned earlier from India?? Talked to Air Radiators quality and safety focus, but how is this different to other companies? Better than others in India?
Where do you see you in 5 years? I'll keep on learning, after 5 years in a senior role, leading teams and sharing experience. But where? doing what type of role? unclear. (Paul asked a follow-up for clarification on this point). What sort of role / progress to where? example didn't help me with this answer. It's a learning process, and opportunities arise in front if you is my take away...

Problem solving question? Initial response came across as telling us that all problems are difficult / how to suck eggs a little. Took 20sec to get to personal problem example after mini-lecture. Described a technical problem S&T=good. A = made some design changes, applied critical thinking (how?). Developed a jig to help machining process. Talked to generic inputs from team perspective (trying to emphasise teamwork skills = OK/good). Result = increased throughput with limited impact on wear. Good use of STAR, could be more concise.

Conflict with people question? Very generic 'lecture' style response to start again. Talked to 'industrial conflict' = 'we delt with situation in significant way' how did you deal with conflict? ... you started to try go there, but still talking about technical stuff, not human stuff. Very repetitive response about not important technical details. We got information from vendors, clients and authorities, we came to a conclusion about a technical root cause. No one mentioned issue in documents. Lack of documentation, so what? what did YOU do to address this.

Where is the interpersonal conflict? Consider the question. (response was way too long and not related to the question, Paul had to stop you)

Question for us? "I know the R&R" no questions.