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Give me an example of a time when you had to be extra diligent in order to meet a deadline.
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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.
Showcase your time management skills, and how you take ownership of your commitments and follow through on expectations. Exhibit that you are determined, complete your tasks on time, are resourceful, and recruit help when needed. If you ever have missed deadlines, and they ask you to volunteer that, showcase how you learned and grew from the experience, did not repeat the mistake, and moved on.
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.
"Last month I had a client who made a lot of additional and last minute changes to our project. Despite the changes, our deadline remained the same. Our project lead was becoming increasingly stressed that we would not meet our deadline so I agreed to stay late three nights that week to ensure that all expectations were met."
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.
"I am always diligent when it comes to deadlines. However, once I remember having an abnormally large order from a regular client once. I was a little stressed about making sure it was perfect, but I was confident, and we met our deadline with no issue."
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.
"I only ever missed a deadline once. Afterwards, I analyzed my miscalculations and asked my superiors for feedback once I had determined the errors I made. From there I took their feedback and advise in stride, and have never missed a deadline since. I am now very proactive and systematic in my approach, and typically come in ahead of nearly all my deadlines."
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