Stryker Gallup Questions and Answers |
Practice Questions with Model Answers
for Job Success (2026)
‣ Do you love winning or hate losing more? -✓✓- I love winning more. I
love being the best I can be and/or being a part of a team that is the best.
- I can't hate losing because losing teaches you how to grow, how to do
better, fuels your fire and forces you to reexamine.
- It doesn't feel good at the moment but, you can't be successful without
having losses. Losing makes you a winner.
- You can't always control what happens, but you can control how you
handle it.
‣ Would you rather be the best or be recognized as the best? -✓✓Be the
best. Recognition comes and goes, but results speak for themselves. I'd
rather consistently win and let my numbers/results be evident.
‣ What motivates you most? -✓✓1. Achievement: Setting a goal and
proving I can hit it drives me.
2. Challenge: Pushes me out of my comfort zone, forces me to grow, and
gives me the chance to prove I can succeed in tough situations.
‣ Define Success -✓✓Success is peace of mind that is the direct result of
self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that
, you are capable of becoming. Get up every day and be the best you can
be. Be the best in the world. ... give your all for every second of every
minute of the # of competitions you'll compete in. You can do no more
than that.
Look in the mirror everyday, am I able to look and say I did my best
today? If answer is yes then that's a win.
‣ Tell me about a time you failed -✓✓Trying out for one of the most
competitive cheer teams in the nation, I didn't make the mat before
nationals. I was devastated. Instead of quitting, I added extra practices,
controlled what I could, and stayed locked in on growth. The following
week, I got to compete at Worlds, and we won. That experience taught
me resilience — setbacks don't define you, your response does.
‣ How do you react when someone else beats you? -✓✓I congratulate
them, then immediately figure out how to beat them next time.
‣ How do you hold yourself accountable? -✓✓- At Patriot Mobile, I
made it a competition with myself — every day I asked, 'How can I beat
yesterday?'
- In cheerleading, doing those extra reps to ensure I was fully prepared, I
owned my skills so when the music began, not only did my teammates
& coaches trust me, but I trusted myself and knew I was going to hit my
routine.
‣ What's more important — being respected or being liked? -✓✓Being
respected. You don't have to like me, but you'll respect the results I bring
and the work I put in.
Practice Questions with Model Answers
for Job Success (2026)
‣ Do you love winning or hate losing more? -✓✓- I love winning more. I
love being the best I can be and/or being a part of a team that is the best.
- I can't hate losing because losing teaches you how to grow, how to do
better, fuels your fire and forces you to reexamine.
- It doesn't feel good at the moment but, you can't be successful without
having losses. Losing makes you a winner.
- You can't always control what happens, but you can control how you
handle it.
‣ Would you rather be the best or be recognized as the best? -✓✓Be the
best. Recognition comes and goes, but results speak for themselves. I'd
rather consistently win and let my numbers/results be evident.
‣ What motivates you most? -✓✓1. Achievement: Setting a goal and
proving I can hit it drives me.
2. Challenge: Pushes me out of my comfort zone, forces me to grow, and
gives me the chance to prove I can succeed in tough situations.
‣ Define Success -✓✓Success is peace of mind that is the direct result of
self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that
, you are capable of becoming. Get up every day and be the best you can
be. Be the best in the world. ... give your all for every second of every
minute of the # of competitions you'll compete in. You can do no more
than that.
Look in the mirror everyday, am I able to look and say I did my best
today? If answer is yes then that's a win.
‣ Tell me about a time you failed -✓✓Trying out for one of the most
competitive cheer teams in the nation, I didn't make the mat before
nationals. I was devastated. Instead of quitting, I added extra practices,
controlled what I could, and stayed locked in on growth. The following
week, I got to compete at Worlds, and we won. That experience taught
me resilience — setbacks don't define you, your response does.
‣ How do you react when someone else beats you? -✓✓I congratulate
them, then immediately figure out how to beat them next time.
‣ How do you hold yourself accountable? -✓✓- At Patriot Mobile, I
made it a competition with myself — every day I asked, 'How can I beat
yesterday?'
- In cheerleading, doing those extra reps to ensure I was fully prepared, I
owned my skills so when the music began, not only did my teammates
& coaches trust me, but I trusted myself and knew I was going to hit my
routine.
‣ What's more important — being respected or being liked? -✓✓Being
respected. You don't have to like me, but you'll respect the results I bring
and the work I put in.
