Question: What is your usual method for dealing with disaapointment?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

How do you handle disappointment?

Follow-up questions:

How do you handle disappointment?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Behavioral

Skills:

Basic – Critical Thinking,Basic – Science and Logic

Other Factors:

Personality-Job Fit,Self-Awareness

Work Activity (Task):

Information Input – Estimating Characteristics of Objects, Events, or Information,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Analytical Thinking,Stress Tolerance

Question Frequency

Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

The candidate’s ability to deal with disappointments and frustrations.
The candidate’s logical thinking.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Giving up easily.
Answers that reveal illogical thinking.

Sample Answer:

When dealing with disappointments, I evaluate the situation and determine what went wrong. I also try to move on from frustrations, focusing on the learnings I’ve gained from that experience.

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