QUESTION 13 OF 40

Have you ever taken on a role in a company that didn't fit into your long-term career plans?

This question helps an interviewer separate the candidates who are forthright and honest from those who provide answers they think the interviewer wants to hear. Being able to admit to your own mistakes, to those detours in your career, and do so with emotional intelligence can go a long way here. Describe what you did to correct course and showcase that you're willing to take calculated risks, risk failure to accelerate success, and take the lessons you learned from your failures to shore up your future success. Exemplify that you are motivated, ambitious, have a can-do attitude, and proactively aim to grow in your career.

"Yes, you will see that from March to May 2007, I held a role as Executive Business Development Manager with Company XYZ. This particular role was not what I expected and had little to do with management and more with cold calling C-suite level clients. This wasn't nurturing my plan to grow the management side of my career, so I resigned after just two months. Luckily I landed a wonderful job immediately after and grew with that company for the following six years."

"Fortunately, no. I have been very conscious of the changes and moves that I have made in my career so far. I would rather be unemployed than choose the wrong employer."

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