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Tell me about the worst manager you ever
had.
"Tell
me about the worst manager you ever had."
Just like learning from a good manager, you should learn from bad managers as
well. When you tell the reason why your manager was bad, make sure to include
that you learned not to be like that.
Short Answers
"In
my last position, I had a manager who didn't like to give instructions. I
managed to figure a lot of it out, but I would have saved a lot of time if my
manager gave a simple 5 minute overview on the project."
"I
had one manager that was very disorganized. Whenever I ask a question, he would
look around his desk for a couple minutes looking for information to give to
me. I like to be organized so this trait really bothered me."
"One
manager didn't like talking to people. He always had his office door closed and
whenever anyone asked a question, he seemed disturbed. He was very intelligent
and produced a great deal of work, but as a manager, I believe you should be
approachable by your directs."
Long Answer
"The
worst manager I had was when I was working at a database company. I didn't like
my manager because he was never available. When ever he was given an
assignment, he always delegated the work without explaining the details. We
were told to figure it out. I believe that you can learn from figuring some
things out by ourselves, but it was obvious that this wasn't his intention. But
the worst thing about it was that I didn't know that he was bad until I changed
to a different manager. He kept feeding us false hope saying we are close to
being promoted. Basically it was a way to keep us motivated to work extra hard.
Sure it worked for a while, but I didn't gain anything else out of it except
what not to be as a manager."
This is a pretty easy answer that just explains the behavior of a bad manager.
If you haven't had many managers, then it might be difficult to think of one.
But you should definitely think of an answer even if you have to bend the truth
a little. Although my example was ordinary, you can make a better answer by
listing out what you learned through your bad manager. |