Interview: tell me about a time that you broke the rules to accomplish something

You freaking tell them about the time another guy had an account you wanted, so you called up the account manager and told them you'd bring them chick fila breakfest on your own dime for a month.

This is a question you get when they are basically screwing with you.

Tell them something like this:

"Breaking the rules isn't something I've ever had to do. I think if you have conversations with your teammates/managers, do some research and think creatively you can almost always solve a problem within the rules."

If they push further about breaking the rule you can go with this:

"Well if a rule seems like it can't be overcome and it seems like a bad rule then I'd work with managers to find out why the rule exists and work to change it rather than break it."

Tell them you drove 90mph and are parked out in a handicap spot so you could be on time for the interview

Tell them you worked on Sunday to meet a deadline. If I were interviewing I'd rather hear something really small than a lie about never having broken a rule. If you say you have never or never had to beeak a rule I would think you are a douche, cocky, don't have what it takes, or a liar.

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"Well if a rule seems like it can't be overcome and it seems like a bad rule then I'd work with managers to find out why the rule exists and work to change it rather than break it."

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or atleast have some sort of "i always try to learn as much as i can about motivations and reasoning behind why things are in place the way they are - in this instance i was confident to make a decision to follow the spirit of the rule despite going outside the letter of it in order to properly address the needs of the situation both for the client, and business.

Tell em "you're goddamned right I ordered the code red".

Seriously though, the best reply is to say you've always been able to accomplish tasks without having to resort to breaking rules.

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Or you can just tell the truth.........

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this is what I would do. I break rules all the time, i would give them an example. And say i was trying to change the rule.

Tell him about the time you lied about being a marine biologist in order to impress a girl and ended up saving a whale

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What is an interviewer looking for in this question?

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He wants you to admit that yes, you do actually smoke weed.