Cornerstone Lab GEB 3031L

Individual Reflection Statements (Interview Responses)

Assignment Guidelines
Description:
This assignment will help you prepare for future job interviews and by reflecting on
your Cornerstone experience and applying it in an interview format. Think about
everything you have done and experienced this semester. How are you going to get
your ideal job based on your Cornerstone efforts?
Please reflect upon your Cornerstone Service Learning experience. To help prepare
you for future job interviews, we would like you to complete this Cornerstone
reflection in the form of answering job interview questions. You must answer a total
of four questions: one required question and three that you choose from the list
below. Your answers should be specific to Cornerstone and your experience as a
project manager.
A. Preface:
Provide a short introduction in which you restate your client organization,
your teams overall SMART goal, and a brief description of your teams overall
project.
B. Individual Experience:
Write a well-thought-out and detailed report about each of the following
based on your own personal Cornerstone experience (not that of the team as
a whole, but your own unique experience in Cornerstone this semester):
Provide the one-sentence SMART Objective of the event that you projectmanaged and a brief description of it. If you have managed more than one
event, list them separately and repeat the requirements below for each
one of them. Include events that were cancelled or those that did not
meet their objective.
Report the quantitative outcome of your SMART Objective versus the
targeted outcome. (one sentence or graphic representation (bar chart) of
target versus actual outcome)
Discuss key lessons learned in the execution and management of your
SMART Objective. Focus on things you did well that contributed to
success, and/or on changes you would now make to improve outcomes.

C. Interview Questions (use your Cornerstone experience as the basis

for your responses)
Required question to answer (limit response to one paragraph):
1. What does service learning mean to you?
Select any three (3) of the following questions to answer. (limit responses to no
more than two paragraphs each)
2. Tell me about a time that you had to manage a project. What went well, what
didnt go well, and what would you do differently next time?
3. Tell me about a time when you conflict within a team. What was the conflict,
what did you do to resolve it, and what was the result?
4. Describe a time when you used time management and planning skills to
organize a project. What was the project, what process/tools did you use, and
what was the result?
5. Describe a time when you had to lead a team. What did you do to keep
others motivated? Were you a successful leader, why or why not?
6. Describe a situation when you had to use your verbal communication skills to
get an important point across.
7. Sometimes it's easy to get in "over your head." Describe a situation where
you had to request help or assistance on a project or assignment.
8. Describe a time when you worked with a colleague who was not completing
his or her share of the work. What did you do about it?
9. We can sometimes identify a small problem and fix it before it becomes a
major problem. Give an example of how you have done this.
10.Describe a time when the priorities on a project you were working on
changed suddenly? What was the situation, your action, and the result?
Format:
List your name, Lab Number and date at the top of the page.
Reflection statements/answers should be typed using Arial/Times size 10-12.
Use single spacing.
The prefatory portion of this assignment should be one brief paragraph.
The Individual Experience portion of this assignment may vary in length
somewhat based on the number of events that you project-managed and on
your individual experiences. In general, it should be a couple of paragraphs
plus your SMART Objective statement and statement of outcome.
List the interview question, and then your response. Limit your responses to
the length indicated for that question set. (So, for the interview-question
portion of this assignment, you will respond to four (4) questions, and submit
a total of no more than seven (7) paragraphs unless otherwise indicated by
your lab instructor).