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8. Describe your experience or explain how you have been educated to understand the

history of African Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans and other historically

marginalized communities in the USA.

9. Describe your experience in serving or teaching underrepresented communities.

10. Tell us about a time when you had to work with someone who had the direct

opposite personality of yours?

11. Give an example of how you walk in the shoes of people we serve and those with

whom we work.

12. Give an example of how you honor commitments and describe a time when you

were asked to compromise your ethics. What did you do? What would you do in the

future?

13. How has your current/previous employer benefited from multiculturalism?

14. How do you define social justice?

15. Describe a situation in which you encountered a conflict with a person from a

different cultural background than yours. How did you handle the situation? (Please

be specific)

16. In previous work experiences, what has been the greatest obstacle in developing a

multicultural-competent staff?

17. Describe a situation in which you utilized your multicultural skills to solve a problem.

18. What ideas do you have for educating students about diversity?

19. How has diversity played a role in shaping your social style?

20. Tell us about a time when you changed your style to work more effectively with a

person from a different background.

21. Tell us about a time you took responsibility/accountability for an action that may have

been offensive to the recipient and how you did that.

22. Talk about a time when you had to abide by a policy that you did not personally agree

with.

23. Talk about a time when you had to deal with conflict at work.

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