My best guess is they were looking for me to admit some negative emotion that I had when receiving criticism— but without being asked to describe negative feeli

My best guess is they were looking for me to admit some negative emotion that I had when receiving criticism— but without being asked to describe negative feelings directly. In one example, I genuinely considered the criticism of a project helpful and unrelated to me as a person. In another I was far more concerned with my report’s experience than my own, so I didn’t bother mentioning it.