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I personally don’t see the problem with your example, seems okay to me but it may depend of the delivery. It depends on the firm — I’ve heard that the big firms are a bit stuffy (at least during interview phase, that is unless you had an internal referral) so the topic itself may be so-so but I don’t see anything wrong with the topic. How did the interviewer react?
One interviewer looked fine with the answer, but the other I could tell probably was t too keen of it with the change of her demeanor and look on their face
Use this as a learning experience. I'm sure this won't be your last interview. It happens to everyone during the first interview. You still have a chance to get hired. They will probably make you watch an hour training video about diversity and call it good.
Don't think too much about it. The interviewer will still consider it based on how you explained your answer. You'll still have a chance if you did well in other parts of the interview.
I have never seen or heard of this before.
This is at a fortune 100 Bank
Your fine.
Not Really Enough room to explain everything. I’m a recently separated vet with a State MS - Finance and PMP. I made it very clear that I didn’t disagree with their lifestyle, but that I disagreed with them not being themselves at work and letting themselves feel oppressed. Added that after they came to me nobody ended up caring, accepted them, and they went to the promotion board two weeks later.. I was not ready for this question and feel like it was a shitty answer and it tanked my chances. I prepared rigorously for this interview made it past two rounds, alluded to their core values, and even shaved my full beard before. Executives, Leaders, HR & Recruiters how screwed am I? I feel like my chances are 20% Yes & 80% No now.
You disagreed with them being gay and not the conflict at hand?? I don’t think that’s what they meant with they asked. You haven’t had experiences where you disagreed with a boss or coworker over an idea or course of action? That’s likely what they meant.
May have been more a diversity of thought question or even a trick question to gauge your overall thought process on D&I.
Why’d you assume it was a diversity question?
Yeah HR and interviewing is so tough not walking into their landmines. I’m so shocked since I’ve never been asked that before, but it’s such an emotionally risky question, I feel for you dude. I might have said I’d have to think about it and get back to them.
Seems like a pretty standard behavioral question