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As an office assistant, you may be privy to sensitive information regarding your colleagues. Explain how you would handle those situations.

The office assistant may handle sensitive information regarding colleagues or confidential information regarding the organization. The hiring manager wants to be sure you can handle sensitive information discreetly.

Describe an example involving your colleagues. Discussing a situation involving a coworker shows that you can maintain a professional relationship with other employees.

"Towards the end of the year, my manager emailed a spreadsheet listing all of the salaried managers with the bonus they were to receive. I shouldn't have been copied on the email, and once I realized the spreadsheet contained sensitive information, I deleted it and let my manager know."

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As an office assistant, you may be privy to sensitive information regarding your colleagues. Explain how you would handle those situations.

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