National Highway Authority(NHA) Officer Question:

► Can you think of a situation where innovation was required at work? What did you do in this situation?
► Describe a situation when you demonstrated initiative and took action without waiting for direction. What was the outcome?
► Describe a time when you came up with a creative solution/idea/project/report to a problem in your past work.
► Describe something that you have implemented at work. What were the steps used to implement this?
► Describe the most creative work-related project which you have carried out.
► Give me an example of when you took a risk to achieve a goal. What was the outcome?
► Sometimes it is essential that we break out of the routine, standardized way of doing things in order to complete the task. Give an example of when you were able to successfully develop such a new approach.
► Tell us about a problem that you solved in a unique or unusual way. What was the outcome? Were you satisfied with it?
► Tell us about a suggestion you made to improve the way job processes/operations worked. What was the result?
► There are many jobs in which well-established methods are typically followed. Give a specific example of a time when you tried some other method to do the job.
► There are many jobs that require creative or innovative thinking. Give an example of when you had such a job and how you handled it.
► What have been some of your most creative ideas?
► What innovative procedures have you developed? How did you develop them? Who was involved? Where did the ideas come from?
► What new or unusual ideas have you developed on your job? How did you develop them? What was the result? Did you implement them?
► When was the last time that you thought "outside of the box" and how did you do it?