Description
Can you tell me about a time when your contribution or suggestion was not taken on board, and how did you manage the situation?
1. Adaptability : This question assesses your ability to remain flexible and adjust your approach when faced with rejection.
2. Emotional intelligence : Shows your capacity to handle personal emotions and the emotions of others when your ideas are not accepted.
3. Resilience : Evaluates your capability to recover quickly from setbacks and persist through challenges.
4. Professionalism : Assesses your ability to maintain a professional demeanor and respect the decision-making process, even when your input is not adopted.
1. Conflict handling : To determine how you deal with differences of opinion and overcome professional obstacles.
2. Self-awareness : To gauge your understanding of your strengths and weaknesses and how you can contribute to a team despite rejection.
3. Team collaboration : To infer how you interact within a team and your willingness to support a group decision.
4. Feedback reception : To understand how you accept and constructively use feedback, even when it's implicit through rejection.
1. Reflect on past experiences : Think of a specific instance where your input was turned down and how you constructively dealt with that experience.
2. Focus on positive outcomes : Emphasize what you learned from the rejection and how it helped you grow or improve a project or team dynamics.
3. Demonstrate maturity : Show how you managed your emotions professionally and maintained your working relationships.