Before choosing your example, consider how you'd present your leadership skills or talents. Contemplate what leadership looks like to you, framed by leaders you admire. Consider what "rising to the occasion" looks like. Give yourself credit for your leadership by acknowledging the accomplishments of your team under your direction. Provide examples where you expanded the sphere of your comfort zone, striving to be the best version of yourself that you can be.

"A supervisor had to leave for medical reasons. They needed someone to lead the project they'd been working on. I'd been their righthand clutch player on this project, so I asked the supervisor if I could take over steering the ship. They agreed and I started by holding a meeting, explaining why I was taking over, and asking every team member what questions they had regarding the work they each had to do. From there, we clarified where we were taking the project, what it was important, how this work would impact other departments, and how each of their tasks fit into the puzzle. It turned out most of this was news to them, and my supervisor had only been sharing this information with me and not the rest of the team. I needed every one of them to be my clutch players, and they performed well. With this deeper understanding, they all took greater pride in their work and were invested in what they were doing. We delivered ahead of our deadline and the project was a success."