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Sat in on 3 interviews last month and every single person botched the same question about a time they messed up
We were hiring for a junior data role in our Austin office. All three people got asked to walk us through a project that went bad. Two of them picked a story where they did nothing wrong. One blamed a deadline. The third just froze for a few seconds and then admitted the mistake was his and walked us through how he fixed it. Guess who we hired.
I get why people do it. Admitting a screwup in an interview feels like handing them a reason to say no. But our manager literally wrote "took zero ownership" in the notes for one of them. I think most people think the question is a trap when it is really just a test of whether you can be honest without falling apart.
What got you picked over the other people in the last interview you actually won, if you know?
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abbyr968d ago
Honestly that third person sounds like they just got it, and it stinks that being honest is that rare in interviews. Blaming a deadline is such a weak move too. Sucks for the other two but at least your manager caught it.
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