Describe a time you had to explain something complex to a colleague or customer. How did you handle this conversation to ensure that the message was conveyed?
This question allows your interviewer to gain insight into your communication skills and style by posing a very specific situation for you to walk through. With any type of behavioral interview question like this, where you're asked to talk about a specific situation, make sure you describe in detail the situation and the action you took to provide great results. As you talk about your explanation to a colleague or a customer, try to highlight the means of communication you used and how you chose to approach that person.
"A couple of weeks ago, I was working with a customer on the financing options they would have if they made a purchase, and they didn't grasp the concepts of financing and different interest rates for the options we had for customers. To help him understand the concept, I took a pen and paper and worked out all of the math while kindly explaining how different interest rates and loan term lengths impacted his total money paid in the end. The customer was appreciative of me explaining this whole concept to him, and he ended up making a very large purchase the next day after considering his options."
