Tell me about a deadline you were going to miss
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What you cut, when you told people, and whether anyone was surprised.
The question
"Tell me about a time a project was not going to land on time. What did you do?"
Expect: "When did the stakeholders find out, and how did they take it?"
15:00Commit to an answer before you open the solution. Reading it first teaches you to recognise good answers, which is not the skill being tested.
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written by a person · not a gradeScore yourself
0 of 5 marked- Raised it as soon as it was knowable25
- Brought costed options rather than a problem25
- Named a specific cut and who owned the decision20
- Nobody was surprised at the deadline20
- Honest reflection on whether the cut was right10
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