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How to Answer the Tell Me About a Time You Failed to Influence
Episode 91 of Interview Prep with Fexingo tackles one of the trickiest behavioral questions: 'Tell me about a time you failed to influence someone.' Lucas and Luna break down why panicking or blaming others costs you the job, and why a structured three-part framework — diagnose the gap, acknowledge the failure, show what you learned — turns a losing story into a winning one. Using a real example from a marketing manager who couldn't get her team to adopt a new CRM, they walk through exactly how to frame the situation, what language signals self-awareness, and how to pivot to…
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