Interview Question About Handling A Difficult Person

Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a challenging or difficult personality at work?

Here the hiring manager is checking your communication/interpersonal skills, and how you navigate a relationship with a difficult coworker in a respectful manner. Even if you didn’t handle it well in the past, you can add that you are wiser now and would tackle such people in a different way in the present. It demonstrates that you are a learner.