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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure you have been faced with those situations, just not on such a grand scale as you perceive they're asking about. [b]You've NEVER experienced conflict in a prior position? It doesn't have to be the type of conflict that you cower in a corner or storm out the door and leave forever - have you ever made a suggestion to a coworker that they disagreed with and you talked it out to reach the logical conclusion? Have you ever felt stifled by a boss or micromanaged and figured out a way to mitigate those situations? While you probably haven't experienced an ethical dilemma on the scale of seeing your boss steal petty cash or similar, have you ever worked with an employee who slacked off? Have you ever had a boss that fibbed to a client or something?[/b]

Those can be framed as any of the situations you listed, it's simply that - how you frame it. There's not a "right" answer to those questions.

I personally like to find typical questions and literally do a practice interview out loud. It helps you to remember your answers later if you hear them once or more times before the actual interview. Good luck![/quote]

To be honest, I am thinking and nothing really, nothing comes to mind. I work as an analyst and I have always worked in great environments with great people. I don’t remember a conflicting situation, we probably discuss disagreements and come to a consensus  but the disagreements are not that great that they are even worth mentioning. It could be something like “ I think you should write down the word Million as supposed to MM in your report”. Always had great bosses who were friendly, open door policies and amazing mentors, never had a micromanager as a boss. I have a very easygoing personality, anti-confrontational at best![/quote]

Give me your résumé and an hour of your time and I bet you a case of beer I can find answers to everything.

Practice reframing. Here's how:
Make a list of six or seven stories
Identify and categorize them - each story can be spun three or four different ways
Practice transitional sentences: 
"For me the biggest challenge I've had is working with a team that ..."
Or "I've never had particularly difficult bosses, or perhaps I have and I just adjust naturally, but in general that's my approach to challenging situations such as what described or when a team member isn't carrying their weight. For instance...."

Etc[/quote]

ahah would be glad to do that :) Thanks for the examples you provided. ( Ive had 3 major jobs so finding 7 stories would be a stretch :). I guess you can say I have been working at very boring jobs where nothing out of the ordinary happens, ever, maybe that's what the problem is!!!![/quote]

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