From the course: Expert Tips for Answering Common Interview Questions
Candidate answer and feedback
(upbeat music) - Lets see how a candidate might handle this question. I'll be back momentarily with some feedback. - Two months ago, I was working on my company's big quarterly project update. Two team members left unexpectedly, and we were short handed with three weeks to go. I convened an urgent strategies session where we identified all the said projects they were involved in and mapped out our action plan. We shared out the most important tasks within the team and got them all done in time. We canceled two optional features that could wait a quarter, and we reached out to a former intern who was able to deliver 15 hours of remote work in the last weekend sprint before the deadline. We were able to complete the project without a delay and delivered on all the essential deliverables by being creative, strategic, and very focused. - That's a well thought out answer. You engaged with passion as you explained the problem quickly and clearly. You positioned yourself as a friendly leader who got to work addressing the challenge for the entire team, instead of just yourself. You take us through a classic triage strategy where you focus on the most important elements and deprioritize the rest. And finally, you were super creative and resourceful because you found an unexpected ally with your former intern.
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