Tell me about the most difficult supervisor you have ever worked with and how you went about working with him or her.

Draw on any of your past work, school, or volunteer experiences to answer this question. Present a situation in which you clashed with an authority figure, and make sure to present a positive resolution! The focus of your story mustn't be why you clashed or how that impacted you, but rather how you worked to either resolve the issue or find a way to work together.

Avoid focusing on the conflict. You do not want to create the impression that you disagreed with this past Supervisor in a manner that interrupted others' work or impacted other colleagues negatively.

"When I worked at XYZ Company a few years ago, I had a hard time understanding the directions given by a particular Supervisor who I did not work with often. I found their instructions to be a bit vaguer than I was used to. This Supervisor felt that I was questioning their authority since I typically had more questions for them than I did for other Supervisors I worked with. In time, I learned which of my peers worked with this Supervisor most and would be good resources for my questions. The Supervisor liked that I was performing better and building relationships within their team, which ultimately helped our working relationship."