What was the most challenging aspect of your previous job? How did you overcome it?
A career minded professional constantly strives to expand the sphere of their comfort zone and overcome obstacles that stand in their way of their professional growth. When detailing challenging aspects of a previous job, make sure to detail why overcoming this challenge was significant towards your goals, and how what you learned will benefit you in your future pursuits.
"The most challenging aspect of my last job was troubleshooting some of the older technology we worked with. We needed some serious upgrades, but they weren't in the budget. Learning how to work around this problem was quite a challenge, but I learned how by referring to old manuals and online forums. I ended up become one of the stronger users of this program, in our entire office! I quickly became the go-to person when anyone had questions on the technology."
"The most challenging aspect of my previous position was to maintain a positive attitude at all times. The workplace culture was not a positive one but I tried to make it so through words of encouragement to my coworkers, trying to facilitate small events for our team to get to know each other a bit better, and also keeping a smile on my face throughout the day."
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Anonymous Answer
I would say bureaucracy is a huge challenge at times. I could be held back or delayed a lot because of over-complicated approval processes or being part of a large machine that is very slow to react at times. Those challenges test your patience a lot.
Stephanie's Feedback
Beuaracracy and "red tape" are a very understandable challenge! This is a great start, but I suggest developing your response more to show how you've overcome this. Yes, it has tested your patience, but how did you overcome it or work around it? What was the outcome?
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