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Rachel Hills Lowe is a PR and Communications Professional with experience interviewing candidates for copywriting, marketing, and communications positions.
The true test of leadership is how you conduct yourself when things don't go according to plan, your decision-making, how you cope with the stress, and how quickly you respond to such circumstances. Highlight the challenges you've faced and the strategies you've employed to push through those situations. How you answer this question will inform them of your definition of adversity and whether you are up to the tasks facing you at a position with Square.

Rachel Hills Lowe is a PR and Communications Professional with experience interviewing candidates for copywriting, marketing, and communications positions.
"While managing a team of ten individuals within our client services department, I learned there was animosity between two team members. I scheduled more meetings with each team member, prioritizing open communication. From there, we developed strategies to address each personnel challenge that arose. I created smaller teams within the overall team for particular projects to ensure that team members worked in a more collaborative micro-environment suited to their professional strengths. After a few months, those two individuals felt a part of something bigger, put their differences aside, and the team was running much more smoothly and with zero conflict."

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 started a group project in school, but three of our five members bowed out last minute, and my only other surviving member nearly bowed out due to the adversity we faced in getting it done. But instead, I developed several systems that allowed us to triage and address each potential hurdle, cutting the work in half. We then adjusted our approach and the end goal of the project to ensure we met our deadlines. We loaded a work organizational tool on our phones, allowing us to add to the thread and adjust our approach 24/7. In the end, we completed the project ahead of the deadline, earning perfect scores."

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