Meeting Deadlines
“Tell me about a time you had to meet multiple dead-
lines in a short period. How were you able to accom-
plish 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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