Describe a time you had to make a time-sensitive decision without all the information you required. What steps did you take, and what was the outcome?
This question is aimed at evaluating your approach to problem-solving, assessing risk, and your approach to risk-taking when faced with the unexpected. How a candidate answers this question will help them distinguish those who take informed and calculated risks from those who are habitual risk takers and those who are risk averse. Boeing describes their attitude toward risk-taking on their website where they state that they "reward predictability and stability everywhere in our business. Instituting predictability and stability across our business will support our priorities and prepare us to face the unexpected. While it's important to acknowledge extraordinary efforts to overcome unplanned obstacles to our work, it's even more important to establish and celebrate the everyday planning, execution and discipline that set us up for success."
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"We had an order for some large equipment which was currently in assembly. We were on target to meet our deadline, when a shipment for a crucial component arrived damaged. Our supplier held themselves accountable, and without being prompted, committed to replacing the hardware. But they explained replacing that component would take time, and they could replace it with another brand from a different manufacturer which they had an abundance of in stock. If we did replace it with the alternate component, we would've made our delivery deadline. However, the stakes were too high. We'd never tested that manufacturer's hardware before, and taking a gamble on an unknown was a risk I wasn't willing to take. So I asked our supplier to do what they could to expedite the replacement shipment. I then calculated the delay, looked at every method to manage our project to make up for lost time, and informed our client of the window of the delay, informing them with transparency on our decision and thought processes."
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