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<blockquote data-quote="Adam Gilchrist" data-source="post: 36824" data-attributes="member: 5820"><p>Yes, definitely fine. My standard go-to story for that question is the time both my managers at a bar were ill, so I had to step in as a manager for NYE (the hardest night for any bar manager), and it's never yet been received badly, going by HR responses. If they don't specify directly what sort of focus they want in this sort of question, anything is fine. The clue is that these questions are called competency questions - they are looking for an indication of your character, your abilities. Your character shows not just in your academic life.</p><p></p><p>What matters with all these questions is that you link it back to the firm, and most importantly, keep in mind what sorts of things they are interested in hearing/seeing you demonstrate. For this sort of question, they might want to see things such as if you can work under pressure, if you can be adaptable, how you deal with an unexpected problem, how you learn from failure, and so on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adam Gilchrist, post: 36824, member: 5820"] Yes, definitely fine. My standard go-to story for that question is the time both my managers at a bar were ill, so I had to step in as a manager for NYE (the hardest night for any bar manager), and it's never yet been received badly, going by HR responses. If they don't specify directly what sort of focus they want in this sort of question, anything is fine. The clue is that these questions are called competency questions - they are looking for an indication of your character, your abilities. Your character shows not just in your academic life. What matters with all these questions is that you link it back to the firm, and most importantly, keep in mind what sorts of things they are interested in hearing/seeing you demonstrate. For this sort of question, they might want to see things such as if you can work under pressure, if you can be adaptable, how you deal with an unexpected problem, how you learn from failure, and so on. [/QUOTE]
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