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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Your interviewer wants to be ensured that you have the skills to resolve any client issues that may come up. Talk about a specific time when you diffused a difficult situation with a client. Talk about the resources you used and your interpersonal skills that helped turn a potentially bad situation into a successful one.
While this question may be less relevant for data analysis and programming roles, remember that you will likely be doing some client-facing work. Thus, a solid understanding of customer service and professionalism towards clients is expected of you.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"Having worked in customer service for one of the area's largest auto dealerships for the past six years, handling difficult customers was a situation I had to learn to handle pretty quickly. A few weeks ago, I recognized a customer that had recently purchased a new vehicle. He stormed through the door, placed his keys on the counter in front of me, and said that he demanded a refund on his new purchase because the check engine light had already come on inside of the car. Knowing his new vehicle was under a full warranty, I let him know I'd have a member of our sales staff come out and take a quick look. I also let him know that our service department was not working that afternoon and, if needed, we could schedule him for a diagnostic test at his earliest convenience. We ended up giving him a loaner vehicle so his new car could be taken care of on Monday morning. I could understand his frustration, but he left in a better mood than when he arrived."
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