Tell me about feedback you had to give someone

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Whether you can be direct and kind at the same time, which most people can only do one of.

The question

"Tell me about a time you had to give someone difficult feedback: a peer, not a report."

Expect: "How did they react?" and "What did you do when it did not work the first time?"

15:00Commit to an answer before you open the solution. Reading it first teaches you to recognise good answers, which is not the skill being tested.

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The worked solution

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Score yourself

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Feedback framed as observable behaviour and its effect30
Private, timely, and direct20
Asked before prescribing; found out the cause20
Honest about the reaction and the outcome20
Had a reasonable escalation path that was not behind their back10

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