Video scene · 0:20 · Collaboration, Ethics

Whose idea was it?

You are an undergraduate research assistant in a university lab.

After the weekly lab meeting, your fellow assistant Dana pulls you aside. At the meeting a postdoctoral researcher presented a new method as his own; Dana had described the same method to him last week.

What's said in the scene

Dana: That was my idea. You were there when I explained it to him. I can't believe he didn't even mention me.

Dana: Will you back me up if I tell the professor? I don't want to be the only one saying it.

The two questions

  1. 1What would you say to Dana, and what, if anything, would you do next?
  2. 2Tell us about a time you had to share or give credit for work on a team.

What raters look for

Collaboration
Works toward a shared goal, shares credit and load, and repairs friction inside a team.
Ethics
Weighs competing duties honestly, protects people from harm, and stays accountable to rules and values.

Answer scenarios like this on the real timers

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