MAN 204 Take Home
Fall 2025
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page single spaced answer to the following question. Due in Kodiak by
Sunday, December 7th by midnight.
Worth 30 points of final – 10 points for each example.
Question
You are preparing for an interview. How could you use your experience in OB Inc
to demonstrate your skills and/or knowledge?
Provide 3 thoughtful OB Inc. examples. Use course vocabulary to explain your
experience, and how it matters for the job. For clarity, please enumerate each example
and bold/underline course vocabulary.
The following interview questions may assist you in identifying experiences – you
should NOT answer all of the questions below. They are just here to help you
answer the above question.
 What is your experience working in teams?
 Describe a past team dynamic that either inspired your best work or held you
back?
 Tell me about a time you had a conflict and how did you resolve it.
 How do you handle ambiguous and/or new situations?
 What motivates you?
 How well do you work without direct supervision?
 How would you describe yourself as a manager/leader?
 Can you describe a time when you had to work with someone that was
different from you that created a challenge, how did you work though the
situation?
 Describe a time when you needed others to take a course of action they were
not supportive of. How did you influence them?
Assessment
Each example will be graded on the following criteria:
 Description of appropriate OB Inc. experience.
 Accurate use of relevant concepts used to analyze experience.
 Describes how the experience demonstrates your skills, knowledge and/or ability.