Questions about workplace communication challenges: taking interview questions literally and supporting a teammate with a stutter.
I was interviewing for a promotion. I thought the interview was going well until one interviewer asked, “How would your best friend describe you?”
Your interviewer’s question sounds to me like a cover version of the classic hit, “What would you say are your best qualities?” It’s encouraging you to hype yourself the way someone who loves and admires you would do, without fear of seeming boastful.The “best friend” can be a purely hypothetical figure; no one’s going to demand a reference. But even a seemingly casual question like that can trip up a literal-minded candidate who is trying to give honest answers.
Incidentally, if this sort of communication stumble happens to you often, at work or in your personal life, it might be worth examining in greater detail with a counselor or career coach. Interview questions like the one you encountered are common, so you might as well come up with a strategy for responding to them.
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