Tell me about a time where you had to choose between a high-risk and a low-risk situation.

If you are a risk-taker, they want to know how you evaluate risk. When delivering your example, you want to present yourself as someone who takes calculated risks as opposed to someone who is a habitual risk-taker.

"The most basic explanation for what I do is making my bosses' jobs easier. This includes anticipating their needs by first understanding what those needs are. These include the needs of the other members of my team, the work that needs to be done, and the full scope of the big picture. Now, where there are occasions when an urgent quick decision needs to be made and there's no supervisor there to make the call, making that decision without them is a calculated risk. How to make the call without overstepping my bounds, staying true to the big picture and the needs of the entire team, with the aim of making my bosses' job easier, is the true task. For example..."