Describe rejection and recovery without inventing a sales success story.

Instruction: Use a truthful example to explain the setback, your response, the behavior you changed, and the outcome you can support.

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The interviewer asks, “Tell me about a time you were rejected and how you recovered.” Use a real example from work, study, volunteering, or another relevant setting. A learning outcome is acceptable; the story does not need to end in a sale or a win. The sample below uses a fictional student-society funding application. In this employer’s sales role, clear requests to stop contact must be honored.

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A student society I helped organize applied for event funding and was turned down. I had written the application. I described the activities at length but buried the amount we needed and who would benefit. The committee's feedback was that the request was difficult to assess...

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