The required questions provide an opportunity to describe examples and accomplishments from your education, life, and/or work experience that demonstrate your qualifications for becoming a Foreign Service Specialist. Examples can be drawn from any part of your professional or personal experience. Each response is limited to 250 words or fewer (maximum length 1,500 characters). Compose your replies carefully, as one of the skills necessary to succeed as a Foreign Service Specialist is the ability to write clearly and concisely. Answers to all items in the Accomplishments Questionnaire and Statement of Interest are required and must be completed in the online application. Accomplishments Questionnaire Substantive Knowledge: The duties of a Diplomatic Courier are among the most arduous of all Foreign Service Specialists spending most of their careers in a constant state of travel. Couriers are assigned to regional offices and travel from these postings to constituent embassies and consulates in the region safeguarding National Security Information. Describe your skills, knowledge and experience that are applicable to performing the work described above. Intellectual Skills: A Diplomatic Courier uses intellectual skills to analyze a situation and make an appropriate and sometimes swift decision. Provide your best job-related example when you were confronted with a complicated situation that required analysis and a quick decision. What process did you follow for making the decision and how did it demonstrate your skills? Interpersonal Skills: A Diplomatic Courier uses interpersonal skills to engage effectively and diplomatically with people, often during stressful or difficult situations. Describe a time when you used your interpersonal skills to resolve a job-related problem or achieve a goal in such a context. Communication Skills: The ability to communicate in both verbal and written form is a strategic skill necessary for success as a Diplomatic Courier. Describe a situation in which you used your communication skills, including foreign language skills if appropriate, to further an aim or achieve a goal that demonstrates your high level of skill. Management Skills: Diplomatic Couriers are held to exacting standards and are often required to manage time sensitive requirements, demonstrating the ability to plan and organize, set priorities, employ a systematic approach, and allocate time and resources efficiently. Describe a project that you directly managed or helped to manage and the techniques and tools you utilized to achieve the project’s goals. Leadership Skills: Please describe a situation where you identified a serious problem that required immediate action. What leadership actions or principles did you employ to solve the problem, and what did you learn in the process?
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