Application question clarification

The_One_Who

I'm currently completing a job application, but just want clarification on one question. It is "Please provide an example of how you have a) successfully worked as part of a team and b) worked on your own to complete a particular task."

Am I right in thinking this is one task where I have both worked in a team and individually?

Sambucus_Nigra

2 separate tasks.

heretolearn_2

I agree, two.

smileylondongal

That's how I'd take the question to mean, too.

The_One_Who

I read it both ways, so just wanted other opinions. If anyone else has an opinion please share it.

I have another nineteen questions of a similar nature to answer first (this must be a way of weeding applicants!) so I'll be coming back to it.

Sambucus_Nigra

If they wanted either they would say - hence it is two different activities

hcb42

definitely two

LadyMissA

2 different

Oldernotwiser

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

If they wanted either they would say - hence it is two different activities

I don't think that the OP was questioning whether it was either but whether she'd worked in these ways on the same task.

(Apologies if I've misunderstood.)

I think two separately as well.

The_One_Who

Yes, it was whether it was on the same task. So in group work doing X, what happened (as a team) was Y and my individual part on this was Z.

So two separate tasks, one for team work and another for individual.

Sambucus_Nigra

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

I don't think that the OP was questioning whether it was either but whether she'd worked in these ways on the same task.

(Apologies if I've misunderstood.)

I think two separately as well.

I agree it's badly worded...and the task could be within teamwork...however I'd have thought that if it was the same task then it wouldn't have an a) or a b)....so...

Please provide an example of how you have successfully worked as part of a team and worked on your own to complete a particular task.

The actual question they have asked could be split into:

a - Please provide an example of how you have successfully worked as part of a team

b - Please provide an example of how you have worked on your own to complete a particular task.

But by cutting out the repetition they have grouped it into the two part-er and not been explicit about their actual requirements.

I would title it as:

'Working as part of a team' I regularly work as part of a team and usually take the role of x or y within the team. Most recently, my team delivered A and B within the timeframe allocated, and increased our quality marks by x% making it one of the highest performing projects our company has delivered. My personal contribution to the team was to FLANG, in which I managed to bring forward KERRANG and FLOM to the team, and took that technique forward to become a standard amongst the company's procedures.

'Working on my own'. I am well versed to lone working, on personal and team related targets and in 2009, I was given a large Thingy to work on, I had to work across 3 teams who were all delivering different targets and I had to DOODA their results and FLING my own targets, whilst meeting my manager's exacting requirements on accuracy and timescale. I set myself targets to ensure that I meet them, and I am an adept time manager and use various techniques to ensure that I deliver on time, to budget and of an excellent standard.

Thereby, showing teamwork AND lone working in both cases but also meeting the team and lone working requirements.