Biggest Professional Mistake Interview Question (Redemption)

Biggest Professional Mistake

Mistakes vs. Failures: Understanding the Difference Howard Schultz, who built Starbucks into a global brand, often talks about the costly mistake of expanding too fast in the mid-2000s, diluting the brand and nearly destroying the company. What made him a great leader was not avoiding that mistake but how he responded: closing 600 stores, refocusing … Read more

Tell Me About a Time You Failed (Ownership & Growth)

Tell Me About A Time You Failed

The Question Nobody Wants to Answer Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx and a self-made billionaire, credits her success partly to a childhood ritual. Every night at dinner, her father asked her and her brother: “What did you fail at today?” If they had nothing to report, he was disappointed. He was teaching them that failure … Read more