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showcases your successful management style.

** If you are interviewing for a spot on a team:

Talk about the time your group had a member who was more focused on personal issues than on
getting the work done and say what you did to address that issue.

Maybe you created a friendly competition to get them engaged.

Or, you asked them out to lunch and developed a relationship with them, and you realized that they
felt they weren’t a valued part of the group, so they weren’t participating. When you addressed that
issue, the person felt better and became a strong part of the team, and you even became friends.

Any of these kinds of answers show that you are a team player who keeps an eye on the group as a
whole, not just on your individual piece. It sets you apart as a leader they can depend on.

Either way, use the STAR format to talk about your example, and try to quantify the outcome.