McDonald's Mock Interview

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Question 7 of 23

Describe a time when you had to sacrifice quality to complete a job?

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Carly Zucker is an Instructional Designer who creates online training and classes for university and K-12 students.

Answering this question will help the interviewer see how you prioritize your tasks and balance quality with quantity. Maybe you were in a rush and had to shorten part of your presentation for school. Maybe you had a spill at work that you had to clean but were not able to clean perfectly until later because a customer was waiting. Explain your reasoning for sacrificing quality.

Carly Zucker

Carly Zucker is an Instructional Designer who creates online training and classes for university and K-12 students.

"Once I was in charge of stocking inventory since we were having a slow afternoon. I was almost done with it when I was called to help out front. I had to leave some boxes out to help my team out and serve the customers. It felt weird at first leaving the task unfinished, but I knew I could complete it at closing. "

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