Practice prompts based on occupational tasks
These Applyace practice prompts use O*NET tasks for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks. They are not reported employer questions. If you have not done a task, explain your approach and learning needs instead of inventing experience.
1. Make and confirm reservations for transportation and accommodations, using telephones, faxes, mail, and computers.
Describe a real example of this task. What was your responsibility, and what happened?
2. Confer with customers to determine their service requirements and travel preferences.
How did you decide which approach or tools to use? Explain the tradeoffs.
3. Prepare customer invoices and accept payment.
What could go wrong during this task? Describe how you would check your work.
4. Answer inquiries regarding information, such as schedules, accommodations, procedures, or policies.
Explain a time you coordinated this work with someone else. How did you communicate?
5. Determine whether space is available on travel dates requested by customers, assigning requested spaces when available.
How would you handle an unfamiliar part of this task? Identify what you would need to learn.
6. Contact customers or travel agents to advise them of travel conveyance changes or to confirm reservations.
What evidence would show this task was completed successfully?
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Pick an occupational task, then outline a real example. This is practice, not a prediction of an employer’s questions.
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Make and confirm reservations for transportation and accommodations, using telephones, faxes, mail, and computers.
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Questions to ask the interviewer
- Which of these occupational tasks takes the most time on your team?
- How do you measure success in the first three months?
- Which tools, training and support are available for this role?
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