Curator Interview Questions
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Curator interview questions shared by candidates
what strategy I have for effective time management
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I use a master to-do list with my long term projects on. Each long term project has another list of ‘things that need to be done’ to fulfil the project along with target dates to get them down by. Having target dates allows me to think ahead as some tasks may need to fit in with other colleagues’ schedules or other practical considerations like delivery times. Each morning I catch up on emails and address any urgent tasks that come across my desk. The urgent tasks are then worked around the deadlines for the other projects that I’m working on. I use google tasks to keep my todo lists because it attaches to my calendar. This technique worked well in my position as a client liaison officer and my time as a creative assistant during my nine month work placement, (part of my degree programme). Less
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Thanks for reading, Freya
There is a a task to gather information on ~300 companies (social urls, segmentation, and etc). 2 hours limit
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I confirmed my qualification by phone, and when I completed data gathering, I received automatic message that I am not qualified. No Reasons why. Less
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Hello, Goodwater employee here. I'm sorry that you had a negative experience. For the data exercise we send out to the Data Quality Curator candidates, we actually already have all the answers. The purpose of this task is to test a candidate's efficiency and accuracy within the specified time limit. We have minimum pass scores. As long as you pass the minimum scores, you will be scheduled for next steps. Hope this helps! Less
The interviewer asked me to describe personality - not related to job function but just getting a sense of who I am as a person.
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Made a joke about setting the bar low and told him I don't shower often.
Where do I see myself growing in this institution? Do I know a language prevalent in the Himalayas?
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Growing into a curatorship. And no, I don’t speak another language.
What was your training in [a previous archive position]?
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I had a binder with my training schedule and completed projects.
