# Tell me about a time you failed. | Aced Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/questions/2398/describing-a-failure-experience Source observed: 2026-11-04T21:43:16.620Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T21:43:16.62+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-05T04:27:16.901+00:00 --- # Tell me about a time you failed. We provide interview-preparation questions, reported interview experiences, related questions, and practice resources through Aced (formerly Exponent). This behavioral interview question has been reported in **14 interviews** and was last reported **2 months ago**. It is associated with **9 shared interview experiences** and can be practiced with AI. ## Question details - **Category:** Behavioral - **Reported interviews:** 14 - **Last reported:** 2 months ago - **Saved by:** 28 users - **Roles shown:** Software Engineer (6), BizOps & Strategy (2), Technical Program Manager (2), Product Manager, Product Analyst, Business Analyst, Engineering Manager - **Companies shown:** Meta (2), Oracle, DoorDash, RBC Capital Markets, Google, Apple, Capital One, Freshworks, EY, Deloitte, Palantir, Wayfair Detailed company statistics are available through [Upgrade](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=questions). ## Interview experiences We have 9 shared experiences connected with this question: 1. **Oracle — 2 months ago** · Software Engineer · Mid Level / L4 “Both rounds went well. I highly recommend reviewing previously asked questions for the company you are interviewing with. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could solve both problems easily, as I had already practiced the similar questions on LeetCode.” [Read the Oracle interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/oracle-software-engineer-interview-218db4) 2. **DoorDash — 2 months ago** · BizOps & Strategy “Behavioral: Very smooth and friendly. Case: Stress test. Cold attitude by the interviewer from the very first minute.” [Read the DoorDash interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/doordash-bizops-strategy-interview-580497) 3. **Meta — 5 months ago** · Software Engineer · Senior / L5 “The interview went smoothly overall. 1 round of phone screen followed by the full loop of 4 rounds packed in a day. 2 coding 1 behavior 1 system design.” [Read the Meta interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/meta-facebook-senior-software-engineer-interview-b893a3) 4. **RBC Capital Markets — 5 months ago** · Software Engineer · Intern “The Online Assessment had 4 questions, first 2 were LC easy, second 2 were LC medium, toughest part, usually need 3/4 to comfortably pass, or 2/4 requires a strong resume. Behavioural was quite easy with situations and resume review.” [Read the RBC Capital Markets interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/rbc-software-engineer-intern-interview-960b1e) 5. **Google — 7 months ago** · Software Engineer · Entry Level / L3 “Pretty easy, just very long. For technical just need to do leetcode, no system design. Interviewers help you if you are stuck.” [Read the Google interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/google-software-engineer-interview-0af9e4) 6. **Meta — 10 months ago** · Product Manager · Staff / L6 “I interviewed for an IC6 PM role at Meta and the whole thing felt extremely structured from start to finish. The process was recruiter screen, two screening interviews for product sense and analytics, then a final loop with product sense, analytics, and L&D, followed by team matching. What stood out was that the questions themselves sounded simple, but the interviewers were tough, stone-faced, and expected a very detailed solution. In product sense, they really cared about MVP, end-to-end experience, competition, and differentiation. In analytics, the challenge was different because one interviewer was so quiet that I had to fully drive the discussion myself.” [Read the Meta Product Manager interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/meta-facebook-staff-product-manager-interview-9c8d56) 7. **Apple — 10 months ago** · Technical Program Manager · Mid Level / L4 “A sourcer had been nudging me on LinkedIn for a while, so I never did a normal recruiter screen. Once I sent my resume, two hiring managers in the same Siri AI/ML org wanted to talk, so Apple ran one combined process for both EPM roles instead of making me do two separate loops. I did two hiring manager screens, then a joint onsite with a data science manager, an ML engineering manager, another behavioral round with one of the hiring managers, and a final conversation with a very senior engineering leader. The whole thing felt extremely team-dependent and very niche, especially the ML metrics parts, which is what made it different from more generic big-tech TPM loops. I finished in early December and got rejected.” [Read the Apple interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/apple-technical-program-manager-interview-c836f6) 8. **Freshworks — 2 years ago** · Technical Program Manager · Mid Level / L4 “The process was bit lag but being patient wins the race. Be confident, explain deeply on your experience, work that uniquely done, times you have gone above and beyond. How you uplifted the team and delivered.” [Read the Freshworks interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/freshworks-technical-program-manager-interview-047567) 9. **EY — 2 years ago** · BizOps & Strategy · Entry Level / L3 “You need to focus on prep for a couple of weeks but if you do, the interview is pretty standard. In my case, it was a super day format.” [Read the EY interview experience](https://www.aced.io/experiences/ey-bizops-strategy-interview-f8881b) ## Community answers No answers have been contributed by the community yet. ## Related questions - [Tell me about a time when data failed you.](https://www.aced.io/questions/1346/time-data-failed-you) - [Tell me about a time when you failed at work.](https://www.aced.io/questions/452/sharing-work-failure-experience) - [Tell me about a time you conducted a failed experiment.](https://www.aced.io/questions/3755/failed-experiment-experience) ## Related courses ### [Product Strategy Questions](https://www.aced.io/courses/product-strategy) ![Product Strategy Questions](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/5hHtTyOypgyKA7R3fxMlyl/dde193ecc09baabd8304c3aec25483f2/product_strategy_course_ab4d3cf294.jpeg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) Product strategy is fundamentally different in the AI era, and we tell you how to approach these rounds effectively within the new rules. ### [Engineering Management Interview Prep](https://www.aced.io/courses/engineering-management) ![Engineering Management Interview Prep](https://images.ctfassets.net/x78yjrjc11pq/5AqarwlCDWmr0W7AbMJFwp/16862dab13471f5eb8728b27eb2fbc07/engineering_management_track_compressed_bbabaec4a6__281_29_9a9687c1fb.jpeg?w=800&h=800&fm=webp&q=75) We help candidates pursue engineering manager roles at Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Stripe, and other top companies with mock interviews, frameworks, and advice from senior candidates. 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