Q57. What
was the toughest part of your last job?
TRAPS: This
is slightly different from the question raised earlier, “What’s
the most difficult part of being a (job title…)” because
this asks what you personally have found most difficult in your last
position. This question is more difficult to redefine into something
positive. Your interviewer will assume that whatever you found toughest
may give you a problem in your new position.
BEST
ANSWER: State that there was nothing in your prior position
that you found overly difficult, and let your answer go at that. If
pressed to expand your answer, you could describe the aspects of the
position you enjoyed more than others, making sure that you express
maximum enjoyment for those tasks most important to the open position,
and you enjoyed least those tasks that are unimportant to the position
at hand.