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If you don't understand your assignment
and you can't reach your boss, what would you do?<
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"If
you don't understand your assignment and you can't reach your boss, what would
you do?"
This question is seeing how you react to ambiguous situations. Also it checks
to see how resourceful you are. The best way to answer this question is to
provide step by step actions you would take in this situation.
Short Answers
"I
would investigate the assignment deeper by searching for more information,
asking coworkers or other managers and make the smartest decision on how to
tackle the assignment."
"There
are many places I can look for clarity. I would look through some books, or the
Internet, or my peers, or even other managers. If I try to look for answers,
most of the time I can find them."
"I
would first see what the deadline is and if my manager will be back before the
deadline. If not, then I would leave a message on my managers phone.
Afterwards, I would ask my peers or other managers to see if they know the
assignment. I believe investigating the assignment further will help me
understand it."
Long Answer
"First,
I would read the assignment again thoroughly to see if I missed a clue or
anything. I could even turn to the Internet and look up other documentation if
it was something like a difficult process I didn't know. After investigating
this assignment, and I still don't understand it, then I could turn to my peers
and see if anyone has done an assignment similar to the one I received. If my
peers do not know either, then I could ask my boss's manager and verify with
him. After exhausting these options, then I would have to make a decision on
how to do the assignment and make the best decision I can on how to tackle the
assignment. Before engaging in the assignment, I would leave a message on my
boss's cell phone."
There might be a better answer, but in my experience many interviewers are
looking for a process of reaching a goal. In this example, it shows each step
from beginning to end. Feel free to add or change these steps after thinking
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