🟠 Behavioral: The "Failure" Story

Every company asks this. The secret: they're testing self-awareness, not perfection.

Template: - S/T: "I was tasked with [X] under [constraints]." - A: "I chose [approach] because [reasoning]. It didn't work because [specific issue — own it]." - A (continued): "I then pivoted to [better approach]." - R: "The outcome was [result]. The lesson I took away was [specific takeaway I still apply today]."

Rules: - Take ownership — never blame the data, the team, or the timeline - Show learning, not just failure - Pick something real but not catastrophic - End on what you do differently NOW because of it

Practice saying yours out loud. Time it — under 2 minutes.