1393. Share your success and failure stories from your personal career

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Could you share with us a success story and a failure that you’ve experienced in your career? What did you learn from each?

Skill Assessed
  • 1. Self-awareness : Demonstrating the ability to reflect on and learn from both positive and negative experiences.

  • 2. Resilience : Showing that you can bounce back from setbacks and maintain focus on goals despite challenges.

  • 3. Growth mindset : Illustrating a capacity for growth and learning, rather than being fixed on inherent abilities.

  • 4. Accountability : Taking responsibility for both successes and failures, highlighting your integrity and reliability.

Purpose
  • 1. Assessing learning ability : Understanding how you learn from experiences and apply those lessons to future challenges.

  • 2. Evaluating problem-solving skills : Gauging your capability to navigate through complex issues.

  • 3. Judging adaptability : Measuring your ability to adapt to changing circumstances and overcome adversity.

  • 4. Determining cultural fit : Analyzing how your personal approach to success and failure aligns with the company’s values.


Hints
  • 1. Reflect on past experiences : Choose stories that showcase your problem-solving skills and ability to learn from mistakes.

  • 2. Highlight the learning outcome : Emphasize what you took away from the experience and how it contributed to your professional growth.

  • 3. Balance the narrative : Make sure to share both the positives and negatives from your experiences to portray a balanced perspective.

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Topics: 
Problem Solving
Work Ethic
Roles: 
Cloud Engineer
Applied Scientist II
Companies: 
Microsoft
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