A mistake you have made?

I think that interviewers are looking for a few things in the answer to the question about a mistake you have made:

1. Are you willing to admit you made a mistake?
2. What did you learn from making that mistake?
3. What steps do you took to make sure it doesn't happen again?

We all makes mistakes and your interviewers want to know how you handle mistakes when they happen. Emphasise what you learned from that mistake and how you ensure that doesn't happen again.

Try to pick an example that is not a critical area for the role you are interviewing for. See if you can come up with a learning that is relevant to the new role. For example, you might be not being good at delegating when you were first appointed as a manager. You could build your example around these points:

• you tried to do everything yourself in your first team lead role but that
• you learned to delegate and now
• you always ensure work is delegated fairly, that you know your job is to get things done, not to do it all yourself.

Other mistakes you could speak about include miscommunications, misunderstandings, missed deadlines or errors made. Avoid saying you don't make mistakes or that you can't recall any, no one is that perfect!