Rediscover Myself (2024 Edition)

Xi Zhang
Xi Zhang
Published in
2 min readMay 16, 2024

The anticipated layoff from K could be the best gift for me in 2024.

The challenges, the hardships that come from going through this experience, finally have made me understand one thing: I’ve grown so much from this experience, get to know myself, know limit, know what I’m capable of. But also know where I got triggered.

K experience is challenging for me in multiple ways.

K experience can be perceived as “failures”:

  • I haven’t been staffed very often throughout the last 1 year 10 months. My utilization number is something I don’t want to think about and it makes me feel guilty.

But in the meantime, I’ve grown in many ways:

  • It pushes me to face my realities and challenges head on

I’m truly grateful for the experience at Kearney.

This is my experience.

Tell me about yourself. “I know who I am.”

I have meaningful career journey. What does my career journey mean to me. Take a narrative tone. What’s impressive isn’t the “thing” I did. But the overarching me -> Resilience, Curiosity, Persistence, Grit, Humility, Appreciation, Authentic

Why you want to work here?

Why are you a good fit?

Leadership Style / Belief

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Leadership — Leading Initiatives and Changes

Leadership — Delegation / Work Planning

Leadership — Mentoring

Leadership — Difficult Decision

Leadership — Setting expectations

Personal/Leadership — Difficult Decision (split-second vs. major)

Personal/Professional — Goal Setting & Achievement

Personal Growth through Challenge

Teamwork — Drive for success

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Problem Solving — Ambiguous Problems

Problem Solving — Creativity

Problem Solving — Data Insights

Problem Solving — Judgement and Logic

Project Management — Tight Timeline / Stress

Project Management — Priority Setting

Project Performance — Exceed Expectation

Communication — Conflict Resolution (team, leader, client)

Communication — Difficult Persons / Unpleasant Person

Communication — Difficult News or Feedback

Self — Initiatives

Personal Failure | Mistakes

Creative Thinking

Self-Drive & Continuous Learning

Learning / Curiosity

Personal Obsession / Hobbies

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