A must-know for anyone heading into an HR interview, this is a frequently asked HR manager interview question well. This type of HR job interview question demonstrates your patience skills since this is an essential quality for any HR. When responding to this query, be sure to emphasize that candidates appearing for interview might face some kind of inconvenience on the D- Day, and you, as HR would do all in your power to ascertain the reason for the applicant's absence or delay, and rectify it. The response to this question can be as follows: “I agree that candidates called for an interview should report on time, and failing to do so might affect their hiring chances. But I would try to be fair and find the cause behind a promising candidate’s absence. I will try to reschedule the interview if they have a valid reason for their unavailability. After all, I feel a promising candidate shouldn’t miss out on the chance of an interview if they’ve genuine reasons for not being able to turn up on the mentioned day.”