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Question 32 of 35
When you make a mistake, how do you go about fixing it?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
In any industry, mistakes are bound to happen. The interviewer wants to hear that you recognize a mistake when you make one, admit to your mistake, and find ways to rectify the situation. If you try to cover up a mistake without taking care of the error, it shows you do not take pride in your work and are willing to take shortcuts that could cause problems later on down the road. Describe how you acknowledge a mistake when you make one and what measures you take to fix your error, giving an example when you have made a mistake in construction in the past.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I am very careful not to make mistakes, but when I do, I acknowledge that I made an error and figure out how to correct it. I made a mistake when I was first starting construction and inadvertently tiled over a shower drain. I did not realize my mistake until I started grouting. I told my supervisor what happened, then cut out the tile in the area where the drain was. I had to replace some of the tiles and regrout, but the problem was fixed, and I never did that again."
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