Technical Services Librarian Interview Questions

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Expect these questions: 1) The deputy mayor visits your branch, and observes a patron watching porn on a library computer. S/he wants this activity stopped. How do you handle it. (n.b. internet policy including filtering is posted on the library website.) 2) Tell us about a difficult work situation and how you handled it. If a similar situation arose again, what would you do differently?
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Librarian I

Interviewed at Los Angeles Public Library

4.2
Jul 29, 2012

Expect these questions: 1) The deputy mayor visits your branch, and observes a patron watching porn on a library computer. S/he wants this activity stopped. How do you handle it. (n.b. internet policy including filtering is posted on the library website.) 2) Tell us about a difficult work situation and how you handled it. If a similar situation arose again, what would you do differently?

They asked several questions about how I would handle specific situations. One that I thought was particularly difficult was: A mother with a baby in a stroller is looking for books. Her baby is crying loudly and the mother does not attend to her baby and continues to look for library materials. What would you do?
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Youth Services Librarian

Interviewed at Springfield-Greene County Library District

3.8
Oct 5, 2021

They asked several questions about how I would handle specific situations. One that I thought was particularly difficult was: A mother with a baby in a stroller is looking for books. Her baby is crying loudly and the mother does not attend to her baby and continues to look for library materials. What would you do?

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