The Toughest Interview Question of the Week - Tell Me About Something You Did That You Now Feel Asha

Job interviews can be very stressful. In fact, they can test even the strongest of nerves. One of the most important things that you can do to prepare for a successful interview is to do some research on the company, the job opening, and have an idea of the questions that may be asked. When you know some of the questions, you can plan out a winning strategy to answer them and showing the interviewer why you're the best person for the job.

 

To help get you prepared, I would like to start a new series where we can take on a new interview question each week and plan out a winning strategy to answer them.

 

Here is the toughest interview question of the week:

 

 

Question:

Tell me about something you did - or failed to do - that you now feel ashamed of.

 

 

Why it's a trap: This is a question that almost feels too personal for an interviewer to be asking. Your gut reaction might be to say that it's none of their business, but of course you can't do that. I think that the only reason an interviewer would ask you a question like this is to see how well you can think under pressure. If you're not prepared, it can be easy to stumble over this question, confess some horrible experience from your personal life, or find yourself telling them about a failure in your career. All of those answers would be mistakes.

 

Best answer: With any of these types of questions concerning your faults, weaknesses, or regrets, the best strategy is to never confess anything negative about yourself. At the same time though, you don't want to make it appear as though you're trying to avoid the question. The best strategy for this question is to say that you don't have any regrets, and mention a habit or a practice that you have that helps you have good relationships.

 

For example, take a moment to think and then say, " to be honest, I don't really have any regrets." Pause for a couple seconds, then say: "as a general rule, I have found that for me, the best way to prevent having regrets is to try hard not to cause them in the first place. At the end of every day, before I go to sleep, I try to go over the day's events and the conversations that I've had with people. I go over the projects and the people I'm involved with and try to think about how they might be feeling. Sometimes I realize that I need to make some changes or touch base with someone. The main thing is that I can go to sleep every night knowing that I've done everything in my power to be sure that I've treated everyone with honesty and integrity."

 

 

What do you think about this question? Are there other questions you would like to see me take on? Let me know in the comments.

 

By Melissa Kennedy- Melissa is a 9 year blog veteran and a freelance writer, along with helping others find the job of their dreams, she enjoys computer geekery, raising a teenager, supporting her local library, writing about herself in the third person and working on her next novel.