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What was the problem you faced? What were the choices in front of you? What
were the possible negative outcomes or repercussions of this situation? Did you
cause it? Why?

Action –

Why did you decide to be totally honest? What did you say? What did you do?
How did you handle it? Did you take them aside to discuss it? If this was in a
group discussion, did you try to help someone save face? Did you ask questions
until they came to their own conclusion? Or did you lay out your thoughts and
follow them through?

Result –

What was the reaction to your honesty? What was decided? What happened as a
result of that? Did you learn a lesson that affects how you do your job more
successfully today?

Be careful here—if you talk about a problem that you caused, make it a problem that does not
directly affect the central responsibilities of the job you are applying for. Learning from a mistake is
fantastic, but causing a mistake that indicates you are incompetent at your job is not.