The interviewer would like to know how you would react if put in an awkward or potentially harmful situation, like being asked by a coworker to steal with them. Theft can occur in many ways in the workplace and is not necessarily reserved for blatantly taking a product. Ensure that you know the different ways a coworker may try to pass stealing off as 'no big deal.' Some examples include:

- Timecard fabrication, also known as 'buddy punching,' where you punch in for a coworker who is not present
- 'Borrowing' money from petty cash
- Falsifying vendor or expense accounts
- Taking items from the lost and found
- Stealing data or documents containing trade secrets
- Taking expensive office supplies like ink or adding personal items to supply orders
- Billing hours to clients that they did not work

Of course, you already know how to answer this question! Express that you would never engage in this type of behavior and discuss how you would go about reporting this type of situation. If this has happened to you in the past, you can talk about the case without providing the coworker's name.