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Tips and Strategies for Successful Interviewing – Tip #10 How to answer “What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them?“
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With so many people losing their jobs lately, I thought I would share some tips and strategies over the next few weeks from the About.com article Tips and Strategies for Successful Interviewing by Alison Doyle.
Here is Tip #10…
How to answer “What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them?“
When asked the job interview question “How did you handle a challenge?” be sure to include specific examples of how you handled a particular difficult situation. Discuss how you researched the issue and contributed to finding a solution. Examples of good responses include:
- During a difficult financial period, I was able to satisfactorily negotiate repayment schedules with multiple vendors.
- When the software development of our new product stalled, I coordinated the team which managed to get the schedule back on track. We were able to successfully troubleshoot the issues and solve the problems, within a very short period of time.
- A long-term client was about to take their business to a competitor. I met with the customer and was able to change how we handled the account on a day-to-day basis, in order to keep the business.
