How would you answer this application form question on lifestyle, culture or beliefs ?

I have to complete my application for this job and have this question, best sensible (and speedy!) response will get the coverted 10 points!








Describe a situation when you have shown respect for the lifestyle, culture or beliefs of someone, even though they differed significantly from your own and you may even have disagreed with them. Tell us how the situation arose and how you adapted what you did to account for how the other person felt.How would you answer this application form question on lifestyle, culture or beliefs ?
This doesn't have to be true - describe an imaginary situation if it makes things easier. Have you visited a Muslim country, where you followed their dress code? Did you eat or drink something that you didn't like rather than cause offence? Have you attended celebrations/ceremonies of another religion? Have you experienced traditional cultures like those of the native Americans or the Australian Aborigines? How did this effect you? Has someone in your family married outside your faith/culture?


Do you have gay friends? How would you react if they asked you support them in a civil union?How would you answer this application form question on lifestyle, culture or beliefs ?
I would suggest that you discuss a situation where an unmarried couple you know have asked you for a non-sexual favor and your doing so had helped them with their problem.





Does it have to be factual? I don't think so. Does it have to be the way you honestly feel? I think it should be 100% the way you would react to an actual situation.





The question was put in the application to fathom your feelings for your conduct with other people and especially those who are different from the people society has labeled ';normal.';
Well you need to think of a time when this has happened to you and elaborate on it. It could be when you've had a partner or friend that has had a totally different approach to life - you could explain what about them was different and but that you relished the difference rather than being offended by it because it makes life more interesting.
I used to work with an Asian dude who was a Muslim. When Ramadan he used to work through his lunch %26amp; breaks which meant that during this period he would finish around 1.5 hrs early each day.





I obviously had to show respect towards my friends culture %26amp; beliefs %26amp; I had to adapt my working day to allow myself time to cover any of his work that needed doing once he had gone home.
Not offering alcohol as an office prize in case it upset any religious people, ditto with lottery tickets...


Personally I think a little live and let live in this world would ease the wheels and it is how we have managed over the last thousand years or so, just some think they have the right to impose their beliefs onto us (ps that will not get you the job tho!)


Good luck, but if they are that politically correct, would you want it anyway?
Have you ever worked in customer services? have you ever served someone of a different religion or had to tailor products/ services for their beliefs?





Or, have you ever been on holiday to a religious country and had to cover your arms and legs? Say you felt underdressed and ';realised you may insult the locals, so you wore a long sleeved shirt even though it was 100% just because you respect their culture';...





Or have you lived/worked/ studied with a Muslim? One who went to pray 5 times a day? If so, how did you adapt your life/ work/ study pattern to fit?





Just try thinking of any occasions you have had dealings with such a person - it may well have come naturally to you, (like covering up when visiting a foreign holy place because the guide told you to, or selling Halal products at work because the company supplied them) but you can always make a story out of it.





Good luck! And don't lie! Some people here are suggesting you outright invent something but if asked about it in interview you may get cought out! Don't risk it!
my friend decided to wear the Hijab ';Muslim head cover, NOT FACE cover mind you';





i really don't agree at all with it, not just because I'm a Christian but the concept of covering your head to make myself a better human being is just weird.


anyway she didn't out of the blue, no previous hints, she just showed up wearing it along with a huge smile on her face. her happiness was very sweet and i just thought i should be happy for her happiness! it didn't change her as a human being and we still get together just fine. i avoid all religious topics because seriously there are million of things we can talk about.


sometimes i even see very nice clothes for veiled women when i go shopping and i tell her about them the very next day...





it makes everything really easier when you take a decision not to think about your differences. not just easier, happier too.
It's your question. you answer it. Instead of plagiarising your application