Classic Interview (V) —— Talk about a failure experience of yours

Everyone will experience failure. Past failures can't prove too much in the future. There is no need for the interviewer to ask such questions, and he will immediately enter hedgehog mode in minutes. "The enemy is very cunning, and this product will expose me."

As the saying goes, "Being poor is naive. Heroes have been out of purgatory since ancient times, and they are not rich. " The founder of Huawei was expelled from the company in his 40 s with a debt of 2 million yuan. His wife divorced him, and he was old and young ... At that time, it was really silent, and erhu was ringing in his ear, but today, Huawei is a leader among domestic brands and Ren is an admirable entrepreneur.

When the interviewer asks about "failure experience", what he cares about is not your failure, not exposing your shortcomings and poking your spine, but understanding the attitude of the candidate in the face of failure and the way to deal with the problem, so as to understand your mentality and examine your adaptability and learning ability. Interview questions such as "the most unforgettable thing in your work" and "the biggest difficulty you encountered in your work" are also for this purpose.

Matters needing attention when answering

A successful failure experience can reflect a person's professionalism.

What is a successful failure experience?

Although this incident is a failure, your mentality is positive, you are reflective and conscious, you have accumulated experience, and you are saving lives by learning from past mistakes. Failure is not the mother of success, but summary is the mother of success! Failure reflects your thinking, what you have learned and your growth. It shows that you are a good boy who loves to learn. You won't kick on the same stone twice, and there are only a few setbacks. Your heart is full of sunshine and light.

Don't forget, Xiao Pi's failure is like the sky falling, the ground falling, and you can't live any longer, which makes us miserable and makes us strong. Failure is a necessary experience on the road to growth. The key is not to make excuses for failure, but to find ways for success.

1, it is not appropriate to say that you have no experience of failure.

Never failed. Why? You're Dong Fangbubai. This is unbelievable. No one is perfect. It is out of the question. As a young man who has just entered the society, both work experience and social experience are lacking, and failure is inevitable.

Besides, God will forgive the mistakes of young people.

2. It is inappropriate to describe obvious success as failure.

Don't be smart enough to call your obvious success a failure, which will give people a feeling of being too fake and hypocritical.

"Alas, I am so rich that I worry about how to spend it all day." Brother Ming, do you want to kill me if you say that? I want to commit suicide. ...

It is not appropriate to say that it has nothing to do with finding a job.

You like the female deskmate in high school, but unfortunately the goddess likes the class next door, Wu Laoer. ...

The game was played violently, and the most self-respecting was that the opponent had just entered the third grade of primary school. ...

Never forget that you are looking for a job, not talking about life with the interviewer. She is not your sister.

4. It should not be said that it will affect the failure experience of the application.

Please remember that the experience you described should not have a negative impact on your direct application.

You applied for a customer service job, but you told the interviewer about the failure of fighting with your classmates at school. Do you expect the other party to risk a client's beating to give you a job opportunity?

It is not advisable to attribute all the reasons for failure to external objective conditions.

The difference between optimism and pessimism is that when encountering a problem, the optimist first thinks about how to solve it, while the pessimist thinks about who I should complain about first.

"I'm always right, it's someone else's fault that makes me make mistakes", which will make the interviewer feel that you like to pass the buck, have no sense of responsibility and can't face your own failure.

What should I say?

The answer to this question should focus on "experience" rather than "failure".

The interviewer not only wants to know your attitude towards failure, but also wants to hear the real content.

I suggest you say something that impresses you, which is true and the most likely to infect others. You can describe in detail the difficulties encountered in the failure experience, your handling methods, the summary and reflection after the failure. The more detailed the facts, the better. It is best to "repeat" the failed experience and propose new solutions on the spot. In the description, in addition to your own shortcomings and mistakes, you can also mention the objective reasons appropriately, giving the interviewer a feeling that you are brave, diligent and willing to correct. Don't talk too much about your personality defects or negative mentality, and don't complain too much.

If you have work experience, you can mention a less serious failure at work. For example, you mentioned a work mistake, because you didn't communicate with the supervisor properly, and there was a little problem in handling things. Afterwards, you reflected: you can't "I think", you need to confirm and give immediate feedback to better implement it. If you have just graduated and have no job, you can mention a failure experience in event handling or activity organization, such as organizing a school activity, problems in teamwork, and mistakes caused by inexperience. What would you do if you organized a similar activity now?

To answer such questions, the basic principles are: say success through failure, don't emphasize the result, talk more about the process, and talk about your own experience, gains and growth. Similar interview questions, such as "Tell me about a successful experience", are answered in a similar way.