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I'm a hiring manager. There's one question I dread. "What's a mistake you made that cost the company money?" Most candidates squirm. Some lie. The good ones don't even hesitate. Last week, a candidate said: "I missed a contract deadline. We lost $400K. I owned it. I built a checklist that's still in use." She's our new VP of Operations. The best leaders carry their failures like passports — proof of where they've been.