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How will you make it a success?

TCinpipeline

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One of the questions I have on an application is why do you want to join **** and how will you make it a success? I find the latter difficult to answer when you can’t predict what area you’ll end up specialising in and how you’ll change once you’ve done the seats and training. Any thoughts?
 

danielnesbitt

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In terms of how you will make it a success - desire to innovate, desire to learn from competition and integrate new ways of working, personal work ethic, ability to and willingness to communicate with others, empathy for clients and co-workers etc - could be quite general here surely?
 
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