[omg_ketchup]

I'm sure they mean "What's a bad work situation you were in, and how did you deal with it"

[zacherates]

Being at work doesn't preclude bullying, harassment, assault, etc.

[isoskeles]

I also thought this is what they meant. It sounds like someone was trying to ask something from a behavioral question bank and just didn't have the wording memorized well enough.