Success and Failure

Interview questions about "success and failure" are important to the interviewers because these questions help to see who you are and whether you're a good fit with the organization.

Listed below are a few of the possible interview questions that you may be asked in the interview.  Review each interview question below to prepare yourself for the interview.

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Job Interview Questions

Notice how small changes in the interview questions will change your answer.  Possible follow-up questions are noted with a bullet.  Use our mock interviews based on actual job listings and interviews for more interview practice:  

1. Recall an incident where you made a major mistake. What did you do after the mistake was made? What did you learn from this mistake?

2. What is the greatest failure you've had?  What would you have done differently?

3. What is the greatest success you've had?

4. Tell us about a difficult situation that you encountered and how you resolved it.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A detailed answer and analysis of a tough interview question from Matt & Nan DeLuca, authors of the best selling "Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions" and "More Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions"

Tell me about a time when you tried and failed?

Has this ever happened to you?  No one expects perfection actually, employers are more interested in your ability to cope, to learn from mistakes, and to deal with others who are less than perfect.  If you have an example, certainly pick one that happened a while back, was not earth shattering in the results, and one which you learned and applied this knowledge recently.

This is a version of 'damning with faint praise' by picking an incident that was minor in scope but, since you are so wise and are always willing to learn, has taught you a valuable lesson.

More possible interview questions along with follow-up interview questions for all interview key words are available in our Complete Interview Guide along with answers to the toughest interview questions and interview situations.