No the OP, but I feel the question is a catch-22 and hits the nerves on a personal level (shortcoming of the person vs an action in time). I think a better form

No the OP, but I feel the question is a catch-22 and hits the nerves on a personal level (shortcoming of the person vs an action in time). I think a better form would be a failure-lessons learned type questions, where the focus is on what caused a particular failure, how the person handled it, and what lessons were learned and applied to prevent similar failures in the future. Edit: Also, I think most interview coaches recommend framing the personal shortcoming in a story with lessons learned/growth story as well. So, might as well as ask the question that way.