What if I have never had a conflict with a colleague?

Then answer with a disagreement instead, and say so in the first sentence. Most people have disagreed about method, priority or scope without ever having what they would call a conflict; the word is broader than the feeling. A sentence such as We never fell out, but we did not read the brief the same way keeps you honest and still gives the interviewer a story.

If your honest example is a disagreement you lost, use that instead: say what the colleague argued, what evidence changed your mind, and what you changed in your own process. A usable opening is I have not had a falling-out, but I did change my mind about a rollout plan after a colleague pushed back. For people-manager roles, expect the follow-up about how you would handle two reports who stop speaking to each other, because the interviewer is checking that your no-conflict answer is not an absence of exposure.

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