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Failure & regret
18 questions on this theme, in the order the bank holds them. Each has its own page, where answers quoted from published interviews carry their source and members' answers are kept apart from them.
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How has a setback or failure set you up for later success?
What is the worst advice you followed anyway?
What is the hardest thing that has happened to you, and what did you carry out of it?
Which past decision best shows how you respond when your judgment proves wrong?
Candidate questionWhat disappointment has stayed with you longest?
Asked of someoneWhat is the harshest thing anyone has said to you?
Asked of someoneWhen were you most embarrassed?
Asked of someoneWho deserves an apology from you, and for what?
Asked of someoneIf you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change?
Asked of someoneWhat should a health professional do after recognising that their judgment or care was wrong?
What did a failed experiment or negative result teach you that a successful result could not?
Which failure mode do outsiders underestimate because the system usually hides it?
How do you decide whether something should be repaired, rebuilt, or replaced?
What can a loss teach that a win usually conceals?
How do you repair the relationship after you realise you handled a difficult moment badly?
What should a journalist do when a published account is materially wrong?
Which rejection changed your work or your direction?
How do you recover after the service has clearly gone wrong?