Assistant Questionnaire Please answer the following questions about how you work in the role of assistant. If you have no direct assistant experience, use guidance from how you’ve handled other situations. It’s best to really try to answer it the way you would based on your own way of working. It’s very likely that trying to guess the answer we want will take you down a wrong path. 1) To get a document done, it takes me ! one shot. I’m that good and I rarely need edits. ! a few rounds of back and forth. ! as long as it takes. For some documents it can be twenty iterations. 2) How are you with remembering things the boss says? ! One and done. It’s either in memory, on paper, or on a file somewhere after a single instance. ! I can get the general idea without any effort, and will ask for the details later if necessary. ! Memory isn’t reliable, but I can work to guide him to write things down more so that items aren’t lost. 3) I will be better at my job if ! I’m given clear direction then left to focus on my work. ! I am not pressured. ! we collaborate on almost everything at first. ! I help my boss be better at his job. 4) My English language skills are ! phenomenal. I have a wonderful way with words. ! adequate. I can generally get spelling and grammar right the first time. ! average, but I don’t mind being corrected. 5) When the boss is stressed, it would be best if ! he didn’t take it out on the team. ! we all pitch in to solve his problems. ! he went somewhere quiet to calm down. 6) My tone of voice in business communications is ! professional and succinct. ! friendly and engaging. ! whatever the boss wants it to be. 7) A “Thank You” after a job well done is ! the minimum civility that everyone should be expected to do. ! expected, and required by good manners. ! unnecessary, but occasionally nice. ! unneeded and unprofessional in a business environment. 8) My favorite game or puzzle is ! scrabble, because I have an eloquent mastery of English and a competitive edge. ! a jigsaw puzzle, because it teaches patience. ! poker, because I’m good at bluffing and strategy. ! Grand Theft Auto, because it gives me an outlet for coloring outside the lines. 9) I can learn the boss’ workstyle best if ! I am told it up front, before I waste a lot of time. ! I observe him over time. ! I can interview others who assisted him in the past. 10)I can contribute most in the role of assistant, if ! there’s a stack of assignments waiting for me when I come in. ! I ask around the office and help whoever looks like they need it most. ! I’m attuned to my boss’ workload, schedule, and goals. ! I have my own defined work area and responsibilities.