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I miserably failed a behavioral interview
and I’m not sure I should learn from it.
I recently completely tanked a behavioral interview. I was asked 3 questions about dealing with conflict / disagreements and the interviewer’s opinion got worse and worse as I told stories. The company’s values lined up with mine like a waddling of ducklings, so how could it be?
This is what we are about to learn, and for the kick of it, I will structure the article like a typical Behavioral Interview answer: the STAR Method.
So, Dany, tell me about a time when you failed at an interview…
Situation
I had applied to a position at a company I really liked and had kept an eye on for a few years. The work looks very interesting, like “waking up at the crack of dawn to solve problems interesting”. Needless to say I was both very keen on putting my best foot forward and nervous at not being good enough technically. It was much more of a research position than what I’ve been doing for the last half-decade after all.
The interviews with the recruiter and the first round with senior people had gone very well and I was feeling it. The wind was blowing in the right direction. 🎉 I had two technical…
