How to Answer: Think about a difficult boss, professor or coworker. What made him or her difficult? How did you successfully interact with this person?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for an Express Scripts job interview.
10. Think about a difficult boss, professor or coworker. What made him or her difficult? How did you successfully interact with this person?
How to Answer
Show the interviewer that you work well with most personalities even though you recognize there are some folks out there who are quite difficult to please.
Think about that one person at work who is seen as hard to please. Perhaps there is someone at work who tries to intimidate others. Talk to the interviewer about what made this person challenging and what their relationship was with you. Avoid speaking poorly of anyone and be sure to end your response on a positive note.
Written by Ryan Brunner on December 21st, 2018
1st Answer Example
"I once worked at a small medical facility where the primary physician was very demanding. When he would walk into the facility, employees would quietly announce that he was in the building, so that everyone could be prepared for his arrival. This physician had great intentions; however, his people skills were a little rough. I could see that he meant well, and I recognized that he wanted to do a lot of good things. When we interacted, I always took his feedback with the understanding that he didn't mean things as harshly as he might say them."
Written by Ryan Brunner on December 21st, 2018
2nd Answer Example
"In my previous position, I did have a coworker who didn't pull their weight. This unmotivated coworker created more work for the rest of the team by being slow and unresponsive. Our team started to complete most of the tasks when it came to group projects. It didn't take much time before our department head noticed this particular individual was slacking. I feel like, in most instances, the underachievers will weed themselves out over time, and it's rarely worth making a fuss over."
Written by Ryan Brunner
Anonymous Interview Answers with Professional Feedback
Anonymous Answer
- In understanding her more, she's a great pharmacist who just had a lot on her shoulders and felt the pressure as a
manager and didn't have a fully supportive staff and partner before I became her partner.
- I'm able to successfully interact with her because I remain calm at all times which has helped to ease her stress
level and keep her calm also. I also take it upon myself to help out in many aspects of running the pharmacy so that
she may focus on her tasks as a manager."
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