Describe a situation when you had a negative customer reaction?
Let the recruiter know that despite the negative reaction, you had worked the situation around. Everybody has bad days, what's important is the way you react to the problem.
"There was a time that I had to refuse a customer's unreasonable request due to company policy. In order to appease the customer, I empathized with their situation and communicated a willingness to help them find an alternative."
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Anonymous Answer
While working as a guest attendant in the lodges, a lady who I had already checked in walked in angrily claiming that I gave her a room that she had not booked. She claimed that she had booked a room with a full view. After confirming the website where the booking was made, our partners had changed the profile of the room to full view instead of the partial view. After apologizing for the mistake, I informed her that since we are in a heritage park, we were not allowed to cut down trees and hence all the rooms have a partial view of the lake. However, with a consultation with the, I upgrade her to a new place which she likes. I had excellent feedback when she checked out after five days.
Mary's Feedback
Excellent example- great job typing in the result/outcome. I have reformatted for brevity.
While working as a lodge guest attendant, I had a dissatisfied customer who believe I had booked her in an incorrect "partial-view" room instead of a "full-view" room. I apologized for the misunderstanding and showed empathy for her frustration. I explained to her the lodge policy of only having "partial view" rooms because the historic park the lodge was located on prevented tree-cutting. I offered to upgrade her room (which were within the company guidelines). She was very pleased with the outcome and even provided excellent feedback on my service when she checked out.