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Question 25 of 30

What is your first reaction when you realize you’ve make a mistake?

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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

This question is an honesty based query. What they are trying to determine is how you would react to learning you made a mistake. There are those who might try to hide the incident. Then there are those who would spend countless payroll hours trying to remedy their mistake, despite more pressing concerns demanding their attention. Then there are those who would bring it to the attention of their supervisors if they were unable to remedy the issue swiftly on their own. Taking ownership of your mistakes is a desirable trait, as is respecting the chain of command, and relying on their judgement among ever shifting demands and priorities. Lastly, what you learn from such mistakes counts more than anything.

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"I am my own biggest critic, so when I do something wrong or make a mistake, I am the first to voice it and look for a fix. I am independent and smart, so I am confident in my ability to repair any errors I create. If necessary, I would bring a colleague or manager into the situation to help me repair the situation. Most importantly, I am honest and also open about my work; owning up to any mistakes that I make."

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"I fully believe in honesty and immediately repairing what I have done wrong. I am not too proud to admit when I have made a mistake, but it's for the good of the team that everyone is open and honest when an error happens. Taking these situations as opportunities to become better is very important."

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I am independent and smart, so I am confident in my ability to repair any errors I create. If necessary, I would bring a colleague or manager into the situation to help me repair the situation. Most importantly, I am honest and also open about my work; owning up to any mistakes that I make.

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Great! The openness to feedback is really a gift, and you do a great job of showing how open you are to learning from inevitable mistakes.

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I hate making mistakes so I am normally careful to double-check my work before submitting a project. I don't strive to be the fastest person on the team but I do strive to be the most accurate. But in the event that I do make a mistake, I will cross-check to understand how the mistake happened then I would take my findings to my immediate manager to see if we can work on a resolution to rectify the issue. If it is a mistake that my boss comes to me with my immediate response is definitely an apology for the inconvenience and look into resolving the issue immediately.

Marcie's Feedback

Great! The interviewer will be happy to hear that you are very careful and detail-oriented. It also sounds like you have a good process in place to handle any mistakes. Just don't forget to emphasize that you always strive to learn from any mistakes you make and carry those lessons with you so you don't make the mistake twice.

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30Zillow Interview Questions & Answers

Experience

1.How is Zillow transforming the future of real estate?

Experience

2.Who are Zillow's top competitors? Name one factor we do better than the rest.

Education

3.Zillow is seeking candidates who possess a degree in Computer Science or another technical discipline. Walk me through your education.

Experience

4.We primarily lean on React, Redux, Node.js, Java, Python, and SQL. With which language are you most familiar?

Experience

5.If you had to choose just one, what would you consider your primary technical specialty?

Education

6.In your opinion, describe the most exciting advancement in the real estate industry this year?

Experience

7.What types of industries have your previous projects focused on?

Experience

8.Zillow hosts regular hackathons to encourage innovation and autonomy. When have you created a new product, service, or process with the help of your team?

Experience

9.Pick an app on your phone and sell it to me.

Experience

10.This role with Zillow is highly technical. What is your understanding of this position and the responsibilities that come with it?

Experience

11.The online property listing services industry is highly competitive. How will you help Zillow stay ahead of its competitors?

Experience

12.Market research is at the heart of what we do at Zillow. How do you approach a project before embarking on it?

Experience

13.What do you know about Zillow's workplace culture?

Experience

14.Zillow encourages cross-departmental collaboration. Do you have experience collaborating between developers, designers, and other stakeholders?

Experience

15.Describe an ongoing issue at your current job that you successfully resolved.

Experience

16.Zillow operates in an ever-shifting industry. What is the most significant shift you have had to deal with in your career?

Behavioral

17.How do you react when dissatisfied with the quality of, or the outcome of, your work?

Career Goals

18.If we chose to hire you, where do you envision your career heading in 12 months from now?

Experience

19.If offered this role at Zillow, how will you go about building relationships with your new coworkers and supervisors?

Behavioral

20.What type of work environment do you require to be the most productive?

Experience

21.In your current position, have you taken on tasks which fell outside of your wheelhouse? How did you succeed?

Experience

22.Zillow is innovating the real estate industry. What does the word 'innovation' mean to you?

Experience

23.Tell me about a time when you successfully prioritized your tasks and completing a project on schedule.

Career Goals

24.What challenges are you looking for in your next position?

Behavioral

25.What is your first reaction when you realize you’ve make a mistake?

Behavioral

26.Zillow is always on the lookout for future leaders in our company. What do you see as the most challenging task a manager faces?

Experience

27.After you implement a solution to a problem, how do you test the effectiveness of that solution?

Behavioral

28.Why should Zillow hire you?

Career Goals

29.If you had half of a million dollars to build your own business, what would you do?

Behavioral

Zillow Mock Interview

What is your first reaction when you realize you’ve make a mistake?

30Zillow Interview Questions & Answers

1.How is Zillow transforming the future of real estate?

2.Who are Zillow's top competitors? Name one factor we do better than the rest.

3.Zillow is seeking candidates who possess a degree in Computer Science or another technical discipline. Walk me through your education.

4.We primarily lean on React, Redux, Node.js, Java, Python, and SQL. With which language are you most familiar?

5.If you had to choose just one, what would you consider your primary technical specialty?

6.In your opinion, describe the most exciting advancement in the real estate industry this year?

7.What types of industries have your previous projects focused on?

8.Zillow hosts regular hackathons to encourage innovation and autonomy. When have you created a new product, service, or process with the help of your team?

9.Pick an app on your phone and sell it to me.

10.This role with Zillow is highly technical. What is your understanding of this position and the responsibilities that come with it?

11.The online property listing services industry is highly competitive. How will you help Zillow stay ahead of its competitors?

12.Market research is at the heart of what we do at Zillow. How do you approach a project before embarking on it?

13.What do you know about Zillow's workplace culture?

14.Zillow encourages cross-departmental collaboration. Do you have experience collaborating between developers, designers, and other stakeholders?

15.Describe an ongoing issue at your current job that you successfully resolved.

16.Zillow operates in an ever-shifting industry. What is the most significant shift you have had to deal with in your career?

17.How do you react when dissatisfied with the quality of, or the outcome of, your work?

18.If we chose to hire you, where do you envision your career heading in 12 months from now?

19.If offered this role at Zillow, how will you go about building relationships with your new coworkers and supervisors?

20.What type of work environment do you require to be the most productive?

21.In your current position, have you taken on tasks which fell outside of your wheelhouse? How did you succeed?

22.Zillow is innovating the real estate industry. What does the word 'innovation' mean to you?

23.Tell me about a time when you successfully prioritized your tasks and completing a project on schedule.

24.What challenges are you looking for in your next position?

25.What is your first reaction when you realize you’ve make a mistake?

26.Zillow is always on the lookout for future leaders in our company. What do you see as the most challenging task a manager faces?

27.After you implement a solution to a problem, how do you test the effectiveness of that solution?

28.Why should Zillow hire you?

29.If you had half of a million dollars to build your own business, what would you do?

30.If you had to give a TED Talk tomorrow, what topic would you choose?