HOW TO GET AHEAD: TALK IT UP - Tackling those tricky interview questions. This week: ’How do you cope with a setback in your job?’
Campaign, Monday, 28 February 2000, 12:00am,
’First I swear and slam the phone down. Then I sulk for the rest of the afternoon, scowling at my colleagues. Next I go down the pub and get shitfaced, before going home for a good sob.’ Er ... wrong. ’I treat setbacks as part of the learning process.
’First I swear and slam the phone down. Then I sulk for the rest of
the afternoon, scowling at my colleagues. Next I go down the pub and get
shitfaced, before going home for a good sob.’ Er ... wrong. ’I treat
setbacks as part of the learning process.
I analyse what happened and work out what I would do differently if I
faced the same situation.’ Much better
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