When you experience a setback, how does it emotionally affect you and impact your work?

Everyone handles the stress and disappointment of setbacks differently. In the medical field, those setbacks can feel amplified. Discuss with the interviewers how you typically cope with setbacks.

When offering your example, exhibit your emotional intelligence by showing you have a grip on your emotions. Allowing your emotions to dictate your reactions and responses curtails a logical approach and will negatively impact any situation. Relay instances where the setback was brief, and you learned something and took it in stride. Avoid examples where those setbacks negatively influenced your performance.