Do you consider yourself someone direct and forthright with others?
A Design Consultant often needs to deliver frank, matter-of-the-fact news to their clients or other project stakeholders. The interviewer wants to see evidence that you are a direct and honest individual. Show that you do not leave people hanging when answering questions about a project's direction or providing essential feedback. Talk to the interviewer about a time when you were forthright with a client, or another project stakeholder, ensuring that they had the direct information that they needed from you.
"Yes, I do consider myself to be direct with others. The most professional and respectful thing to do is to get to the point in a considerate way. I never sugarcoat a situation since that approach is rarely helpful on a design project. One example of my being direct is when one of my team members delivered a blueprint with errors. I noticed the errors and approached them privately; I said, 'There are errors in your report. I'd like you to fix these by the end of the day.' Using this approach, I pointed out the issue while being clear and direct on my expectation for resubmission."
