Describe a failure that, looking back, was actually one of the best things that ever happened to you.

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When I was at school, I took up a part time job at a local corner shop (think 7-eleven or similar)

I did well, and they promoted me up to supervisor, but didn’t give me any supervisor-level access to anything. That should have been the red flag that I didn’t see.

I got backstabbed and fired for a mistake I knew how to fix, but couldn’t fix because I had no supervisor-level access to rectify it.

It was my first encounter into the dirty world of working and how you can never trust anyone in the workplace.