Lucas
Interview Prep with Fexingo: Behavioral Questions, Case Studies, and Hiring Manager Insights
How to Answer the Tell Me About a Time You Failed to Influence
- Published
- July 3, 2026
- Duration
- 10:48
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- Last updated
- Jul 26, 2026
Discusses Episode 91 of Interview Prep with Fexingo tackles one of the trickiest behavioral questions: 'Tell m…
Summary
Episode 91 of Interview Prep with Fexingo tackles one of the trickiest behavioral questions: 'Tell me about a time you failed to influence someone.' Lucas and Luna break down why panicking or blaming others costs you the job, and why a structured three-part framework — diagnose the gap, acknowledge the failure, show what you learned — turns a losing story…
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Episode 91 of Interview Prep with Fexingo tackles one of the trickiest behavioral questions: 'Tell me about a time you failed to influence someone.' Lucas and Luna break down why panicking or blaming others costs you the job, and why a structured three-part framework — diagnose the gap, acknowledge the failure, show what you learned — turns a losing story into a winning one. Using a real example from a marketing manager who couldn't get her team to adopt a new CRM, they walk through exactly how