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Describe me a time when your work was criticized

Describe me a time when your work was criticized

How do you take criticism?
Do you justify your mistakes or learn from these?
Everyone makes mistakes. We are lucky to receive feedback, even if it bad. We can learn and improve from these honest feedback.
Share an incident and show what you learnt. Show you are human and are open to feedback to improve.
Do's
• Tell about a project where the performance was not up to mark
• Boss called you and shared negative feedback
• You were shocked, but kept calm.
• You listened and made an action plan to improve
• In next project you did better and excelled
Don'ts
• I am perfect and I don't take criticism
• I don't like that boss
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