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The interviewer is probing for the various ways you handle your work with diligence and accuracy. How you answer this question will give the interviewer insight into your self-awareness and how you identify your self-assessment and growth opportunities. They'll likely also be evaluating the consistency of your answers. If you answered one question one way, and a similar question totally different, this will clue them into a lack of attention to detail. Therefore, keep your answers consistent.

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You'll need to convincingly explain your process for proofing your work for errors. This will come down to a combination of technical skills and aligning all the necessary data to a conclusive result. Support your claim with a real-life example. If this is one of your strengths, offer examples of how your attention to detail benefited the team.

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.
"There was a time where a coworker had me proof their work. I immediately noticed a discrepancy in the information they compiled. We examined it together, and we were able to determine that the error existed before they extrapolated the data from its source. Two numbers had been transposed. Digging deeper, we discovered this discrepancy was the source of another problem our management had been working on. Tying our issue to theirs, we corrected the course on two projects. All I did was notice the discrepancy and question it. Tracking it to its source and the directions it branched out to was more of a team effort."

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