‘What have you learned about yourself during lockdown?’

We are 14 weeks into the 2020 UK lockdown due to the coronavirus, and I’ve been reflecting on some interviews I’ve conducted at this time. I’ve interviewed people about 15 people for four positions filling two roles, for Learning Designers and for Content Coordinators.

Apart from the interesting challenges of conducting interviews online, which I’ll write about another time, one of the questions I usually ask is a personal one around development or professional accomplishments, but for these lockdown interviews, I wanted to ask something relevant and interesting, something that would give the candidate the opportunity to show something of themselves to the interview panel, something more than aspects of their work experience or history.