Burns & McDonnell Mock Interview
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Question 11 of 25
Tell me about the last time you were faced with a problem with no clear solution.
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
This question pertains to your approach to risk-taking when solving complicated problems. How you answer will potentially inform them of how effectively you are able to think quickly on your feet and how resourceful you are in high-pressure situations. Most of their engineering positions require an "ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills. Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Burns & McDonnell also advertises on their careers website, "Each one of us is empowered to problem-solve and make informed decisions quickly- and we're accountable for the success of those solutions. We take on the world's toughest challenges and use our skills, experience, and courage to solve them."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"Recently I was faced with a problem recently that posed a no-win scenario. We lost an employee, and they'd overpromised a client on what they could deliver. So, they reassigned their project to me, and knowing that employee's skill level, I quickly realized they wouldn't have been able to accomplish what they'd promised this client. But I did the best I could to come close and made additional accommodations to smooth things over. But, in the end, we lost money on this project. Yet, considering the long game, and that the worth of keeping the client outweighed losing the client, I decided that taking a loss in the interim would in the long term provide a greater benefit."
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