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<font size="4" face="Arial">This is SUCH a great list of questions!
Thank you to everyone who gave me input! Here is the compiled
list for your use and enjoyment!</font><font size="4"><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span
style="line-height: 107%; color: rgb(13, 13, 13); background: white;">Describe
a situation where you had to learn a new skill or
technology quickly. How did you go about it, and what was the
outcome?</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">How
comfortable are you with using social media professionally?</span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Being
organized is essential for this position. How do you
prioritize your work when
you have multiple deadlines to meet and what tools do you use
to stay
organized? </span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">How do you
ensure that you maintain a high level of quality in your work,
even when facing
interruptions, time constraints, or pressure? </span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span
style="line-height: 107%; color: rgb(13, 13, 13); background: white;">Can
you tell me about a time when you faced a significant
challenge or failure at work? How did you approach it, and
what did you learn
from the experience?</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Patron
privacy is absolutely essential to our organization. How do
you ensure
confidentiality and integrity while completing your task? </span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">What do
inclusion and diversity mean to you?</span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Can you
describe a time when you had to work with a difficult patron
(student,
customer, client) colleague, manager? How did you handle the
situation while
maintaining professionalism and productivity?</span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Tell me about
a time when you had to adapt to changes in a project or work
environment? How did you manage the transition while staying
focused on
achieving your goals?</span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Additional
Questions to consider
adding:</span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span
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</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Think
of an instance when something you had planned went wrong.
What did you
do?</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span
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</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Think
of a day when you left work feeling that it had been a great
day. Why?</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span
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</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Our
mission is [your
mission here]; tell us how you interpret that and how your
work would support
it.</span></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span
style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;">We
value
inclusion; tell us what that means to you.<span
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span
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</span></span>If you could
be any character, from any book/movie, who would you be and
why? </font><br>
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<font face="Arial">(You
can justify this question by asking more specifically about the
characteristics
traits they identify with and how they'd handle the characters
weaknesses.) </font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It's
a broadened/librarian version
of the "What Disney character would you be?"</font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span
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</span></span>We now require
anyone who will be doing Children's work-- esp forward facing
work like leading
storytimes or Crafts-- to bring us a prepared storytime: Theme,
opening,
stories (choose at least 3 books)1-2 songs/actions/fingerplays,
and a craft
idea, with a materials list and example of how it would be set
up and executed.
They must also explain how their choices reflect the theme.</font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span
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</span></span>We also take the question about a program with
an unlimited budget and then ask how they would scale it with a
minimal budget.
– Diane McKee also attached two excellent lists of questions.</font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">8.<span
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</span></span>You are on the library trivia team- what area of
expertise do you bring to the table? </font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">9.<span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;">
</span></span>Katie Ester posted this AMAZING resource she got
from the Facebook group for library directors <a
href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N9segNyNeOssPYqfZ1pacKEHYDPpETKI00lHW_ppJF0/htmlview?fbclid=IwAR2PG7EffZlEknVUL1REO9Ufg91ocOA0tMLyxQPi_S0I6uIXF2cFTeiTU3s"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N9segNyNeOssPYqfZ1pacKEHYDPpETKI00lHW_ppJF0/htmlview?fbclid=IwAR2PG7EffZlEknVUL1REO9Ufg91ocOA0tMLyxQPi_S0I6uIXF2cFTeiTU3s</a></font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">10.<span
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</span></span>How do you feel about glitter? </font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">11.<span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;">
</span></span>What advice would you give to your
former boss?</font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">12.<span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;">
</span></span>What do you feel is one of the
biggest challenges facing public libraries today?</font><br>
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<font face="Arial"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">13.<span
style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal;">
</span></span>What is the difference between
management and leadership?</font><br>
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<font face="Arial">-- <br>
Kari Besancon (Bə-sank’-in), MLIS
District Director
<br>
Iosco-Arenac District Library
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989-362-2651
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:k.besancon@vlc.lib.mi.us">k.besancon@vlc.lib.mi.us</a></font></font>
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