Unless this is your very first job – and even then – chances are you’ve gained some experience and have had to complete certain tasks with little or no supervision or outside help. Here’s your chance to express how you showed initiative to successfully complete a task or project. Use PAR’s (Problem Action Result statements – also known as Accomplishment statements) to describe how you began and/or completed a project without being told to do so. Tell your interviewer how you began advance planning, how you did research on an upcoming project, or completed work on an assignment or job before it was needed. Talk about how you performed a task that wasn’t a requirement, executed actions that made work/life easier for yourself and others, or made the company money, etc. When you think in terms of expressing your experience using PAR’s, you convey a fuller picture of what you did and why, as well as the how of your accomplishment. This question is a perfect opportunity for you to toot your own horn. Start tooting!