Behavioral

What would you change about your past career choices if you could go back and make decisions again?

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Did you come across this question in an interview?

  • What would you change about your past career choices if you could go back and make decisions again?
  • If you could change anything in your career, what would it be and what would you have done differently?
  • If you had the chance to do things over, what would you do differently in your professional journey?
  • If you could change something about your previous experiences, what would that be and why?
  • What regret do you have about your career path and how would you have approached it differently?
  • Is there a past decision that you wish you had approached differently in your professional life?
  • If you had the ability to change one aspect of your career, what would that be and why?
  • What would you have done differently in your career if given the opportunity to start over?
  • If you could relive one moment in your career and do it differently, what would that be and how would you approach it?
  • What are the missed opportunities in your career that you would like to address if given a second chance?
  • If you could alter one aspect of your career path, what would it be and how would it impact your professional journey?

Interview question asked to Engineering Managers interviewing at Paychex, PagerDuty, Slice and others: What would you change about your past career choices if you could go back and make decisions again?.