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Michelle Krebs has over 15 years of experience interviewing and hiring candidates in the healthcare and medical device industries.
The interviewer wants to know that you can be diplomatic in the workplace, even when you may disagree with your leader. Show the interviewer that you can be a good team member yet disagree with the leader occasionally. Explain that you believe everyone is entitled to their own professional opinion yet capable of maintaining respect for each other simultaneously.

Michelle Krebs has over 15 years of experience interviewing and hiring candidates in the healthcare and medical device industries.
"I think it is possible to be a great team member, even when disagreeing with the leader. It's all in how I maintain respect for everyone despite a difference in opinion."

Michelle Krebs has over 15 years of experience interviewing and hiring candidates in the healthcare and medical device industries.
"I believe that being a good team member is more about attitude than compatibility. I do not need to agree with everyone 100% of the time to be effective in my job, but I should always be respectful in my approach."

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
Show that even if you disagree with the final decision your leader makes, you support the direction the team is heading. You want the interviewer to understand you are not afraid to speak up but still respect the team leader.

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