Why asking job candidates how they overcame failure is the wrong question, according to an ex-Facebook HR exec (FB)

Oxegen Consulting It's fairly normal to get asked in a job interview about a time you failed and had to overcome a weakness. The focus on weaknesses, however, isn't always the best way to find a candidate for a job, according to the Oxegen Consulting team founded by early Facebook HR execs, Sara Sperling and Stuart Crabb. Sperling says the better question to ask instead is "When do you get lost in what you're doing?" Instead of highlighting an individual's weakness, asking what a person can get ...