Can you share an experience where you tried something new or took a risk that didn't work out as expected? What did you learn from it?
Why This Is Asked
Nestlé's culture encourages experimentation and learning from setbacks; this question tests whether you take smart risks and bounce back with resilience and analysis, not defensiveness.
General Approach
Choose a real but minor professional or academic failure, focus on your proactive response, and end with the concrete lesson that made you better.
Sample STAR Answer▾
Situation
As the events head of our university business club, I proposed a digital marketing workshop series to attract more members, but our first event got only five attendees.
Task
I had to quickly understand what went wrong and fix it for the next session.
Action
I surveyed non-attendees, learned the timing clashed with major exams, so I moved the schedule and partnered with a popular professor to co-promote; I also created engaging teaser content.
Result
The second workshop had 45 attendees and sparked new member sign-ups; the series became a regular club offering.
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