How would you rate yourself (out of 10) for the following...

Managing and prioritising your work load?

Delivering specific output on time (e.g. reports etc)?

Formulating new ideas/concepts and selling them to senior management?

Building relationships with stakeholders both internally and externally?

How do you think your referee at your last/latest position would score you for the 4 factors above? Justify your opinion.

And the answer was:

The interviewer who asked this question says:

Typically scores were in the range of 8-10 but when pushed candidates were unable to justify scores for the last two bullet points. Worse answer was 8 because would never score myself higher!

Additional information

This question was asked during an interview for an investment manager for a local government pension fund.