The interviewer would like for you to talk about a time when you had a particularly challenging job to complete. Perhaps it was a difficult topic that required a lot of research and understanding. Maybe the challenge was that the deadline was unusually tight. Or, it could be that the client was a problematic person with which to communicate. Discuss the situation and what you did to overcome the obstacles, delivering a stellar project. The goal with your response is to show the interviewer that you have the grit required to get through challenging projects.

"My most challenging project to date was writing a biography for a famous politician. It was hard to overcome bias and prior knowledge the public had about this person. However, I found that the more time I spent with the person, the more I was able to write in the way that he deserved to be portrayed. I took a creative approach and removed a lot of the political jargon, replacing it with stories and angles that the everyday person could appreciate."