“Tell Me About A Time When You Failed” (The BEST ANSWER to this Behavioural Interview Question!)

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“I don’t tend to fail so that situation has never happened.”

Please, do not use that answer when responding to the interview question, tell me about a time when you failed. And do not use this answer either!

“I was in a team working on a project and one of the team members didn’t do their job properly and the project failed as a result but it wasn’t my fault.”

So, there are two really bad answers to the behavioral interview question, tell me about a time when you failed. But how do you answer it without failing your interview? Well, if you have an interview coming up soon, stay tuned, and watch the video from start to finish because I will give you the PERFECT scripted answer.

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To help you pass your interview, I will cover the following 3 things during this tutorial:

#1. I will explain why the interviewer is asking you the question, tell me about a time when you failed. As always, if you know why the question is being asked you can give the perfect answer!

#2. I will then tell you how to structure your answer in a way that will help you get the highest scores possible! This structure is perfect for answering behavioural and situational interview questions, and it is recognized by all hiring managers.

#3. I will then give you the perfect scripted answer in a live interview to the question tell me about a time when you failed that will help you pass your job interview!

WHY IS THE INTERVIEWER ASKING YOU THE QUESTION, TELL ME ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU FAILED?
The interviewer is asking you this question for two reasons.

REASON NUMBER 1 – They want to assess your reaction to failure. Do you see it as an opportunity to take ownership of the situation, learn from it, and improve, or do you blame other people

REASON NUMBER 2 – Why they are asking you this tough interview question is because they want to hear about a specific situation you have been in where you failed, and what you did after it happened.

LET ME NOW TELL YOU HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR ANSWER TO THE BEHAVIOURAL INTERVIEW QUESTION TELL ME ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU FAILED USING 4 EASY-TO-REMEMBER STEPS!

S.T.A.R stands for Situation, Task, Action, and Result.

So, you start off your answer and you tell the interviewer the SITUATION you were in.

You then move on and outline the TASK that needed doing.

You then tell the interviewer about the ACTION you took to achieve the task. And it is important to tell the interviewer in the ACTION part of your answer WHAT you did and WHY you did it.

Finally, finish off your answer and tell the interviewer the RESULTS following our actions. Always make sure the result is a positive outcome.

LET ME NOW GIVE YOU A BRILLIANT TOP-SCORING ANSWER TO THE DIFFICULT BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEW QUESTION, TELL ME ABOUT A TIME WHEN YOU FAILED? 03:47

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This was very useful. Got my interview in 2 hours and this was one I was really struggling with.

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Please also make a video about "tell me about a time you faced rejection and what did you do?" - this is more for sales oriented roles. I had this question and I need improvement.

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[tedtemple]

That sounds like a great answer. Thanks, Richard.

[zaibapervez]

Mr McMunn,

I have recently come across your interview preparation videos again and my oh my, I must say that they are by far the best thing I have seen. I have an interview on Wednesday and am currently preparing interview questions. With regards to the behavioural interview question "Tell me about a time you failed" does this have to be job-related? I am a graduate applying for my first full-time job (as a healthcare assistant) and cannot really think of a time that I have "failed" in a work environment - I previously (and currently) work as a tutor).

PS. You are a titan of interview support. Thank you for all the content you produce!

[Imright-ldzp]

I failed for cabin crew in Emirates and so do others candidate who speak clearly with confidence. For myself I tried all the interview answer you have showed me and I fail the emirate interview too.
But ace a lot others job.
Still I wasn't happy why such things happened even when you have do your researched, talk slowly, give best speech yet didn't manage to get selected.

[julianbigelow]

I have drafted an answer to this question, tell me if this is a good response.

When I completed my internship in college, one job that I was instructed to do was to make flyers for an upcoming event and then go to a particular residence hall to put up those flyers. I mistakenly believed that faculty member would be there to pick up the flyers. When I got there and there was no one there to pick up the flyers, I was confused. I emailed my supervisor later that day to discuss the confusion. That is when my supervisor cleared up the confusion.

Later that day, I went back to that residence hall with some tape and hung up the flyers as I was supposed to do in the first place.

Ever since then, I have adopted a behaviour to avoid mistakes like this. When someone gives me an instruction. I form in my head an idea of what the instructions probably mean and what it would look like to follow those instructions. Then, I say, “let me make sure that I understand the direction” and I paraphrase the instructions in my own words.

I do this, to make sure that I understood the directions.

[leeklass]

Hi Richard, I think your answer is perfect as it shows you have passion, care and are going to learn from failing. A few moths ago I learnt I had failed in my aplication for an intenal tempory promotion with another team . Although I was dissapointed the in the feedback it explained that person who was successful had expereince shadowing the team which was described as being and advantange but not essential . I have been offered advice on completing this application as it is different for a permanent external vacancy plus a chance to shadow the team.

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