Difficult Bosses come in two forms – the domineering and abusive for the sake of it, and the difficult boss who is behind your back to reach project or company goals. You might have realized this: once you understand the intent behind the pressure, handling their requests and interruption becomes an art. MBA Admission Interviewers ask this question for two reasons – is it difficult to work with you and how you handled authority.
Perspective
The pressures that supervisors and managers face are different from the ones faced by team members. Applicants with a perspective about why supervisors behaved rudely or enforced their quality guidelines would be able to give a balanced narrative, instead of opening up the complaint box, and spewing venom on previous supervisors. Applicants who do that invite suspicion about their competence. Those who complaint about micromanagement also invite certain amount of intrigue.
Did the supervisor micromanage because you cannot be trusted or you were lazy?
This question has to be addressed head-on by offering context and backstory.
Authority
Even though MBA programs have created the learning framework to think on your own, and lead, respecting authority – professors, guest speakers, and Alumni is essential. Any consistent signs of disregarding authority might make you ...
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