Im doing an application for employment but i need help with a question please help!!!!!!?

Question

Everyone has helped someone out before. Tell us about a time when you went "above and beyond the call of duty" to help someone:



Briefly describe the situation:

What did you do?

What was the outcome?



if anyone knows this answer please help i mean i just need to know like what kinda help i can use for the application. thanks

Answer 1

for instance:
we went to disneyland on vacation on a large check that hubby earned on a side job. we deposited b4 we left. days later on the morning we were to go to disneyland we hit the bank only to find out we could not get a dime. the check had bounced and froze our own cash. we called the bank to learn what happened. the teller felt so bad he made a transfer from his personal account to our account and said to repay him when we get back and go have a good time. the check was from an oral surgeon so we knew he was good for it. we brought back a huge assortment of souveniers for this teller. not cheap ones either and had his cash back to him the day we returned.

that was above and beyond the call of duty. he went out of his way to satisfy a customer that was never even mad at him or his bank.

Answer 2

There is no canned answer for this. You need to go back in your memory to find an incident, even a small one where you helped someone you were not required to help. The employer is looking for acts of kindness.

It could be the time you gave a person in need your money for lunch. It could be the time you volunteered to help someone without expecting anything. Like taking grandma to the doctor without being paid, spending a day off volunteering to help your community, going door to door to get signatures on a petition for a local playground.

You are reporting on an incident where you saw a need, you gave/did something to fix that need, and the result (even if the result is that it made you appreciate what you have).

Answer 3

God, some applications are super dumb. I've had that question before, awhile ago.
Since the app. is for a job, elaborate on something great you did at your old job, or in another work environment. When you extended yourself over your job duties, maybe to help out another co worker, stayed late to cover or make sure all work was done, etc. You'll have to get creative and build up a simple situation that you helped out on probably

Answer 4

They are expecting you to recall a time when you did more work than was actually required of you. I'm an undergraduate so my example would be I coordinated a fundraiser for a student organization I'm involved with when in reality it was actually the responsibility of the person over our finances. I volunteered and stepped up to the plate, planned the entire fundraiser, enlisted the help of others, and ended up having a very successful fundraiser. Something along the lines of that. It doesn't necessarily have to be an example from a job, it can also be other aspects of your life as well.

Answer 5

They want to know an actually time when you, during a job, went above and beyond your duties...ie-you are the store clerk, all your job is to check people out. A customer states she is having trouble finding one item that your store doesn't carry any more. normally you would just tell her sorry that you don't carry it anymore, but this time you called 5 other stores, and had them ship what they had left to your store, so that this one customer could stock up since it was being discontinued..." This would be going above and beyond.

Answer 6

Well - if you can relate an experience from work that is the best, most relevant.

But no one can answer but you! When have you helped out that you weren't expected to? Have you pitched in for a different group/area that was short? Have you helped out a customer?

You need to think about what's right!

Answer 7

I was walking home from work after closing the sandwich shop, A lady and her 3 kids asked me if I worked there. I said yes but I just closed up. It was the only place to eat in town that wasn't a bar. She asked me if I had "anything"
to feed them until they could get to another town.
I had them wait outside and grabbed 4 salads and 4 milks
and wrote a note to the owner.( I didn't know if she would pay me or not!) That I would pay for them out of my next check.) I was expecting a butt chewing, but it turned out the lady was at the resort to see this man and had just missed him. The man was my boss and he was impressed by my generosity. They were married the next summer! and I got to be the nanny for the kids for the next 3 years.

Answer 8

People can only tell you their experiences. You have to look back yourself and determined when you did that!

Situation:
A man in a financial district asking for direction and no one cares to stop and help. Because he doesnt belong to the area. I mean this man looked 'scruffy' in between the 'suits'.

What you did:
You being one of the 'suits' rushing to an interview, you stopped and listend to him. As you did not know the direction to where he wanted to go, you decided to stop another 'suit' guy and ask "can you help us with directions to....?" while holding the hand of this 'scruffy' man.

Outcome:
a 'suit' guy stopped, because you looked like you belong to the area (you are also a 'suit' rite?), listened to you, and gave you the directions to wherever you asked, which in turn helped the 'scruffy' guy.

there you are thats mine, you wanna use it you have to pay me, but I guess you get the point. Good luck.

Answer 9

I think it is walking an extra mile..for example if I am a nurse and my patient was transferrd to another floor but I still visit him/her to follow up about patient's condition or just to greet, provide support and encouragement...not expected of me but I go beyond...outcome, patient recovers faster and is more appreciative of the staff

Answer 10

Well, did you ever have a REALLY p*ssed off customer that after you helped them, they were kissing your feet? They're looking for something like that.