Remain professional and strategic in your answers. Keep your answer focused on the positives and what you loved about your last job. With what you liked least, be honest, but stay focused on the positives. Don't hold everyone you work with to unrealistic standards or expectations. Don't bad mouth the staff or how they do things there. Instead, exhibit flexibility and a willingness to learn and grow.

"I loved everyone I worked with, and I enjoyed the work itself. I felt grateful that the workplace ended up adopting several of my systems to improve workflow and prevent rework. The thing I liked least was the water cooler. The cliche rang true, and everybody used it as a place to hang around with their hands in their pockets. That or they'd take smoke breaks around the clock, giving them twenty ten-minute breaks throughout the day. Not me. I get antsy when I'm not feeling productive. Also, it's an issue of integrity. I'm not a smoker, but even if I was, I'd feel guilty working the system to get paid to smoke cigarettes. I would use no such means as a vehicle to abuse the system. But that's just me."