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Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager and turned out to be wrong.
How to approach it
Choose a real case where you pushed back for good reasons but were wrong, and show what you learned without beating yourself up.
How a strong answer opens
“I pushed back on my manager's plan to delay a pricing change, I was confident I was right, and the data proved me wrong within a month. What I learned changed how I check my own reasoning.”
Outline of a strong answer
Try answering out loud for a few minutes before you open this.
- Context and what you disagreed about
- Your reasoning at the time
- How you raised it respectfully
- What happened and how it proved you wrong
- What you learned about judgment or missing information
- How you apply it now
Where this question usually goes wrong
Picking a story where you were secretly right, or beating yourself up without showing what you learned and do differently now.
Learn the method
Conflict and disagreement in Module 4, Behavioral and leadership.
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