Question: What were the worst working conditions you ever experienced? How did you handle them?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Follow-up questions:

Why did/do you consider it worst?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Monitoring (Making observations of self and environment)

Abilities:

Cognitive – Category Flexibility (Mental Flexibility)

Other Factors:

Personality-Organization Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Adaptability/Flexibility,Patience

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s flexibility and adaptability.

Red Flags to Watch For:

The candidate’s lack of flexibility and inability to adapt.

Sample Answer:

When it comes to working conditions, I am very flexible. There was a time when I was assigned in an office with defective air conditioning unit. I just brought my own fan so it would be cooler. They eventually had it fix anyway.

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