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For some folks looking to make a
difference in the world, a career in the
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nonprofit or social enterprise sector is
a great fit! So if this is you, how can
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you increase your odds of landing a job
with the nonprofit or social enterprise
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organization of your dreams? In this
video we're gonna talk about some of
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those top questions that you might get
in a job interview with an organization
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that you're interested in making an
impact with. Welcome back! My name is
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Amber Melanie Smith, and I am a
non-profit executive director and
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speaker on social impact, leadership,
service, nonprofits, and more. Don't forget
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to subscribe to my youtube channel
because I make weekly videos on topics
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like this -- topics on how aspiring
changemakers can get those tips and
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strategies to help you make a difference
in the world while living a life of
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impact and purpose. Several years ago I
started a nonprofit organization of my
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own, and after awhile was able to turn it
into full-time work for myself, and I've
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had the pleasure of hiring many amazing
team members. Now I know some of my
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favorite interview questions when I am
looking for someone new for our team, but
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I wanted to hear some other perspectives
so I also asked other executive
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directors in nonprofits and social
enterprise organizations - what are some
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of the top questions that they'd like to
ask people in job interviews? So this
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video is a compilation of not just my
own ideas, but also their ideas on top
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questions that they'd like to ask in
these job interviews for great
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candidates. As I was thinking about some
of the top traits that I look for in a
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job candidate, and also looking at some
of the answers that other executive
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directors had offered up in terms of
what they look for in candidates, I
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noticed that it's very different from
applying for a job in a private sector
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or you know corporation. Across the board it really seemed like hiring managers at
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nonprofits and also myself we're looking
for three main things in candidates. The
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first is passion. Passion for the
cause. The second is understanding of the
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cause, and the issue that it tackles. And
the third --
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fit with the organization. So all of the
job interview questions that I'm going
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to describe kind of ended up falling
within line of these three things. Okay,
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so let's get into it! There are 7 top
job interview questions that I'm going
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to share today. The first one is so, so
important -- and that is what is your
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understanding of this position and our
organization? And another follow-up to
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this could be what questions do you have
about this job position or organization?
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This question can be really, really
revealing for hiring managers at
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nonprofits, because it shows how much
homework that you have done before
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coming to the job interview and it
really helps us understand what
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knowledge you have about what we're
trying to do here, and what would be
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expected of you, should we choose to hire
you for the team. I always say in all
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things in life and especially nonprofits
whether you're talking about a volunteer
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opportunity or a job opportunity,
expectations are everything. So you need
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to know what your expectations of a job
are coming in so that hopefully they're
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met and everyone -- both sides -- are happy with what happens next. That sounded a
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little ominous but what I mean is that
you've got to know what you're applying
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for or else you're not going to be able
to perform the job duties to the
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expectation of your employer in the
nonprofit world. The second question that
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I actually heard from another executive
director and I kind of really like this
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one is who was the best boss and the
worst boss that you've ever had and why
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everyone's got a different management
and leadership style and it's really
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interesting to hear answers to this
question because it reveals what your
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expectations of a manager or leader
would be and enables someone who might
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be hiring you to understand what you
would need from them in a work situation
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the third question and this is one that
is definitely different I would say from
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what you might be asked in a job
interview with a typical for-profit
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company is what is your experience or
comfort level working with an
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organization of our size so there's not
a one-size-fits-all nonprofit
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every single nonprofit organization is
different some are very very teeny tiny
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and you might even be the very first
staff person they've ever had ever
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some are huge and might have hundreds of
employees and both of these types of
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organizations the small organizations
the start of organizations or the very
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very large organizations they're all
gonna operate differently and have
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different levels of employee policies in
place different levels of benefits in
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place different work styles different
pace so in a startup environment you
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might expect to be a very very
fast-paced have to work in a very agile
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way be able to go with the flow if
something unexpected happens some people
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are just not comfortable with that as
some people need to have structure and
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stability and things to be more stable
day to day so it's really important to
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know which side of the spectrum you fall
on and whether you're going to be a good
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fit for an organization of that size 1/4
great job interview question is how do
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you handle it when you disagree with
someone like any job environments
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nonprofits are not different in this way
you're gonna be working with a lot of
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different types of personalities and
being able to get along and work as a
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team is critical so thinking through
this question what is your strategy when
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you disagree with someone do you stay
quiet do you confront them thinking of
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what you currently do and maybe some
ways that you could improve upon the
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strategy when you answer this question
would be really a key the fifth question
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this is a little bit of a tough one and
I've heard similar things to this in
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other types of job interviews also and
that is what would your most severe
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critic say about you of course nobody
likes to say bad things about themselves
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in life or in the job interview so I
think the main point of this type of job
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interview question is just to challenge
you and see how you deal with a certain
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level of discomfort the sixth one I
really love so this one's one of mine
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and
is what do you think that our
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organization could be doing better or
differently to tackle the social problem
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that we're trying to tackle now
answering this job interview question
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tells me a lot of things about you first
it tells me your level of understanding
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of the social problem that our cause is
trying to address it also shows me how
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willing you are to be honest with me and
I know for me honesty is really really
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important in all of the team members
that I work with I have this philosophy
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that I can't fix the problem if I don't
know about it so one of the first things
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I always tell new hires is we have a
policy of open and honest communication
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on the team so on that note your ability
to be honest with me also tells me if
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you're going to be a good fit and the
seventh job interview question that I
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got from other executive directors and
that I also agree with is why do you
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think that you are the best candidate
for this job I'm a firm believer that
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everybody has something unique and
special to bring to the table to make
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the world a better place so I would love
to hear what you are confident in and
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how you think that you will be able to
make a difference for not just our
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organization but for the cause that
we're trying to address once again three
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things are super key in any job
interview for a non-profit or social
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enterprise organization that you want to
work with and that is passion you've got
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to love what they do second is
understanding of the cause and the
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organization and the third is fit I hope
this video has helped you out if you are
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a hiring manager at an organization I'd
love to hear what are some other job
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interview questions that you like to ask
candidates and if you are someone out
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there who is looking for a job with one
of these awesome organizations drop a
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comment below let us know what you're
thinking about what makes you nervous
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what makes you
sited and share your challenges about
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seeking a job and maybe we can all help
each other out once again don't forget
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