How many households did your pickup pilot reach?
Check the service count and explain what you contributed.
The question
You and another volunteer organised a one-month evening food pickup. You proposed the evening slot, scheduled volunteers and recorded the activity. Your co-lead managed stock and distribution.
You reached 120 families through the pickup. What did you do to make that possible?
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Sign-in entries | 120 |
| Credit in the monthly report | Two volunteer co-leads |
The initial sheet gives an entry count.
“Explain what you did and what the service record supports.”
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A strong answer, step by step
Open each step in turn. This is one strong answer, not the only one.
Step 1: Check what was counted
What would you do here? Open the move you’d make.
State the entry count and check its unit.
The strong move. The sheet counts entries. A household count needs a way to separate repeat visits.
Repeat “120 families” because the practice question gives that figure.
Tempting, but it misses something. The sheet supplies no count of distinct families. It lists entries.
See how a strong candidate says it
“I have 120 sign-in entries. I would check which entries are pickups and whether households appear more than once.”
Why it works: The sheet counts entries. A household count needs a way to separate repeat visits.
Step 2: Name your contribution
What would you do here? Open the move you’d make.
Describe your scheduling decision and credit the co-lead.
The strong move. The answer gives the panel a specific decision you made and credits the other work.
Say you managed the whole pickup service yourself.
Tempting, but it misses something. The report credits two people and the case gives stock and distribution to your co-lead.
See how a strong candidate says it
“I proposed the evening slot, scheduled volunteers and kept the record. My co-lead took care of stock and distribution.”
Why it works: The answer gives the panel a specific decision you made and credits the other work.
Step 3: Separate visits and households
The 120 lines include 18 volunteer entries. Every other line records a household pickup. Of those pickup lines, 30 are extra visits after the first pickup by the same household that month, matched by anonymous household keys.
What would you do here? Open the move you’d make.
Report 102 visits and 72 households.
The strong move. Repeat visits belong in the activity count and are removed from the distinct household count.
Call it 72 pickup visits because you removed the repeats.
Tempting, but it misses something. The 30 repeated pickups are still real visits. Only the distinct household count excludes them.
See how a strong candidate says it
“Removing 18 volunteer entries gives 102 pickup visits. Of those, 30 were repeat visits. That gives 72 distinct households over the month.”
Why it works: Repeat visits belong in the activity count and are removed from the distinct household count.
Step 4: Give the corrected answer
What would you do here? Open the move you’d make.
Report who you reached and give a follow-up check.
The strong move. The answer gives the action, the measured result and a question the pilot did not settle.
Say the pilot reduced food insecurity for 72 households.
Tempting, but it misses something. The record counts households using the service. It does not measure change in food insecurity.
See how a strong candidate says it
“I proposed the evening slot and scheduled volunteers. My co-lead managed stock and distribution. Our record shows 102 pickups by 72 households over the month. I’d compare time slots to see whether the evening option reached people who could not attend earlier.”
Why it works: The answer gives the action, the measured result and a question the pilot did not settle.
The answer, in short
- Decision
- Describe your scheduling decision and report 102 visits by 72 households.
- Because
- The revised counts distinguish volunteer entries, household visits and household reach.
- What would change it
- Attendance by time slot and participant feedback could show whether the evening option improved access.
Common traps
- Repeating a count from an AI question before checking its unit.
- Claiming an outcome from an activity count.
Check your answer
- I checked the unit.
- I named my role.
- I separated visits and households.
- I corrected the claim without overstating the effect.
Last reviewed Nov 11, 2026