So, the one time I had navigated a challenging situation was actually during a competition I participated in with a group of friends. So this competition was held in the ARUI slash Derby Innovation University which proposed a business competition that was being held and basically we had to present our project that was based upon a dual system that reduced pollution and boosted air quality. And when we were presenting, each one of us had a certain task and after we had finished that task, our judges were very picky and they had a lot of questions and we needed to navigate certain questions in certain ways which directly influenced whether we were going to win or not. One of the main questions they had was why would our product itself be special compared to other products because our idea, although it was original, it was based upon a very repetitive idea that was used in everyday life. So that question had to be answered on the spot. And we as a team understood that we needed to incorporate our ideas in order to construct DPF to answer to the questions the judges had. So what we had done is Khadija first out us off with one of the differences whilst the others were thinking. And so we all navigated that challenging situation which then allowed us to actually win second prize in the competition.
Band 7+: Describe a time you successfully navigated a challenging situation. You should say: - What the situation was - What made it challenging - What actions you took to resolve it And explain what you learned from the experience.
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So, the one time I navigated a challenging situation was actually during a competition I participated in with a group of friends. This competition was held at the ARUI/Derby Innovation University, which proposed a business competition. We had to present our project based on a dual system that reduced pollution and boosted air quality. When we were presenting, each of us had a specific task, and after we finished that task, our judges were very picky and had a lot of questions. We needed to navigate those questions in certain ways, which directly influenced whether we were going to win or not. One of the main questions they had was why our product would be special compared to other products. Although our idea was original, it was based on a very repetitive concept used in everyday life. So, that question had to be answered on the spot. As a team, we understood that we needed to incorporate our ideas to construct a response to the judges' questions. Khadija started us off with one of the differences while the others were thinking. We all navigated that challenging situation, which allowed us to win second prize in the competition.
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