Talent Talk
Job search guidance for experienced professionals: positioning your experience, executive interviews and navigating a senior move.
There’s one question almost every HR-led interview process insists on. “Tell me about a time you failed.” At junior level, it sometimes earns its keep. At C-suite, it’s a junk question. And it’s almost always the wrong thing to ask in the room. I’ll explain why I won’t ask it. And then I’ll tell you what I ask instead.
I was briefing a candidate last week. On paper, exceptional. A consulting career at one of the global firms, then a move into a chief of staff role at the global level, leading strategy and go-to-market across multiple regions. The kind of profile that makes you sit up.
Boardrooms no longer set the pace, the market does. Strategy now starts at the exact moment your product (or service) fails to meet the mark: the unrenewed contract, the frustrated customer call, the competitor who closes the deal you were sure was yours. The companies winning today anchor every decision, investment, and hire around their product’s ability to deliver value that customers can feel and measure.
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