Job Interview Question & Answer: What Is Your Greatest Failure and What Did You Learn from It? |
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How to Answer the Question:
This is a trick question. Describe a challenge you faced in a work environment and how you overcame the setback. Your answer should always involve you being victorious in the end. Discuss angry customers and the solution that made them happy. Discuss a poor business decision you righted and what steps you took to fix the problem.
Never talk about times you couldn’t overcome adversity during this job interview question. Don’t discuss the customer that left angry. Don’t discuss your inability to convince your employer a terrible decision would hurt the company. Don’t discuss anything unrelated to work history and attempt to keep your response limited to events affecting the specific industry you are applying for. Keep you answer fairly short, but don’t leave out pertinent information placing you in a favorable light.
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I never know how to answer this question. If I have had a big fail or a small one I don’t know which one I should explain to them. What do you guys think? I don’t want to seem like i fail all the time to the employer I am interviewing for.
June 15th, 2011 at 8:01 amI never know how exactly to answer this question. I don’t want them to take my problem solving skills as what they are not looking for and lesson my chances of getting the job based on that.
June 15th, 2011 at 8:58 amAreerara S
In 2008 My bank stocks from $65.00 to be $8.00. I almost crazy I have to calm myself.
I have learned I have to watch and work closely for my own money.
August 16th, 2011 at 6:19 am