Can You Answer This Interview Question?

“What was your finest hour?” HR guy Tim Tolan likes to ask that question of candidates.

And some people don’t know. Sure, that’s kind of a strange thing to be asked—and most people aren’t going to put a work-related achievement at the top of their list of good deeds—but it’s something you might wanna be prepared for in an interview.

And here, Tolan says, is how to answer that question:

It’s not about asking them to poke out their chest and babble to the world on how great they are…but instead a time for them to clearly articulate when and where they made a difference.

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