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Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
The Goal
What You Need to Know
Client Revisions
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Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
The interviewer asks this question to learn how open you are to feedback on your work. It helps the interviewer understand whether or not you can adapt and incorporate feedback. It also speaks to your professionalism and your abilities to navigate the client relationship.

Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
The goal is to show that you value feedback and client input. Explain that feedback and revision are a natural part of the creative process. This is an opportunity to showcase your professionalism as a photographer.

Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
In asking this question, the interviewer indicates that they have encountered employees who struggle with feedback and revisions from clients. Often, creatives get close to their work and take revisions personally. Taking feedback personally isn't professional. Revisions almost always result in a better deliverable.

Gentry has over 15 years of experience leading in-house agency teams where he has interviewed and hired numerous candidates for design, photography, and video production.
I am open to feedback and want to deliver what my client needs. At the beginning of my career, I took client revisions personally, but over time, I've grown to understand the importance of feedback on my work. As a photographer, I find this most often happens with portraits and image cleanup. The way someone's portrait looks is very personal to them, so I keep that in mind when I'm working with a client.

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