McKesson Corporation Mock Interview
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Question 35 of 40
Tell me about a time you failed. How did you recover?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Your interviewer is curious if you take ownership of your mistakes. Owning your mistake shows character and integrity. How we deal with and remedy a mistake comes down to exercising good judgment and knowing when to ask for help. Your reaction to a failure should be in the best interest of the company. When you provide your example, explain the reasons behind your course of action.
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I had multiple deadlines approaching. Some of the work was assigned last minute, and they knew I had too much on my plate, but everyone did at that time. I pride myself on meeting my deadlines, which are much earlier than a project's assigned deadline, so I normally feel more comfortable when I've met my deadlines and have time between that date and when projects are due to go over my work with a fine-toothed comb. I didn't have that luxury on this occasion. None of the work was late, but I didn't have the luxury I normally afford, so I look at that as a personal failure."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I am rather adept at time management. I had a day that I should have taken off, but I pushed myself to come to work and underperformed and made several mistakes. On that day, I failed because I hadn't properly examined my limitations. I didn't have my eye on the big picture that day, and I consider that a failure. But I learned a lot about that experience."
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