Behavioral interview questions are uncomfortable. I've preached that over again on this blog. The more comfortable you get answering them, the better you'll be able to handle the unexpected.
How would you answer this question: Tell me about an objective in your last position that you failed to meet, and why.
No one wants to admit to failure. Pick one that was not essential to your job. Use your STAR (situation, task, action, result).
It is good to add what you learned from this example, and what you would differently the next time, to ensure that you did meet the objective or quickly resolve the problem.
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Sample answer to a behavioral interview question - Part 2
Blog readers like samples. That much I've learned in a year of blogging. So here for your edification is another sample answer to a behavioral interview questions.
This one comes from real life. I had been interviewed for a teaching job by a group sitting around a board table. One interviewer asked: "Tell us about a time where something went wrong in the classroom and what you did about it".
Well that threw me a loop. Like most people, I have a scripted set of answers that extol my strong and most saleable skills. But, "something going wrong? So, I thought about it. The Interviewer continued..."we've all had it happen.." So that encourage me. And here is the answer I gave.
Situation: I told the interviewers about my first teaching assignment where I had a group of office administrative students, with whom I was struggling in class.
Task: I had to creat lessons to meet course requirements in grammar and writing, (but obviously there was something I wasn't getting).
Action: After reflecting on the situation, I realized I hadn't carefully assessed this group of learning, and used approaches that didn't resonate with their learning style.
Result: I changed the the lesson plan to less "lecturing" and more hands-on tasks. It worked better.
What won my interviewers over was that I had learned from the experience and that I did find an approach that worked. So, if you did mess up ( and we all do), be sure to convey how you learn from your experiences. We are all works in progress.
This one comes from real life. I had been interviewed for a teaching job by a group sitting around a board table. One interviewer asked: "Tell us about a time where something went wrong in the classroom and what you did about it".
Well that threw me a loop. Like most people, I have a scripted set of answers that extol my strong and most saleable skills. But, "something going wrong? So, I thought about it. The Interviewer continued..."we've all had it happen.." So that encourage me. And here is the answer I gave.
Situation: I told the interviewers about my first teaching assignment where I had a group of office administrative students, with whom I was struggling in class.
Task: I had to creat lessons to meet course requirements in grammar and writing, (but obviously there was something I wasn't getting).
Action: After reflecting on the situation, I realized I hadn't carefully assessed this group of learning, and used approaches that didn't resonate with their learning style.
Result: I changed the the lesson plan to less "lecturing" and more hands-on tasks. It worked better.
What won my interviewers over was that I had learned from the experience and that I did find an approach that worked. So, if you did mess up ( and we all do), be sure to convey how you learn from your experiences. We are all works in progress.
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