Meeting Deadlines
“Tell me about a time you had to meet multiple deadlines in a short period. How were you able to accomplish this?”
- “I can remember one particularly hectic holiday period when
there were orders stacked knee deep. There was one woman who
kept calling and wanting to know when her package would arrive.
I was working on her details when I received another call telling
me that the CFO had to be picked up from the airport and driven
to her house. The first thing I did was to ask the woman if
I could possibly call her in the morning. Because I had been
so polite with her from the beginning, she actually agreed to
wait. I was then able to focus and on the task of picking up
the CFO at the airport.”
- “I’m one of those people who thrives on deadlines. It’s
exciting to see how much people can accomplish when they are
under time pressure. I was able to get my crew to work overtime
and weekends to send out several crucial orders that were on
the same deadline. They did it and of course I rewarded them
for their efforts.”
- “I have worked with some fantastic teams during my career.
There was one time at the company before my last job where a
team pulled together to get a project completed that had multiple
layers. I simply divided up the different tasks and we worked
like one big machine. We not only completed the project, but
we came in before the deadline. I really enjoy good teamwork.”
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