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If you had a co-worker call in sick and you were asked to take over their project requiring overtime from you, how would you react? Where do you draw the line when it comes to being a team player?
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This will help your interviewer assess your emotional maturity and whether you deal with disputes on your own or involve others. Assuming the worst in another team member and making those known will only serve in divisiveness and hurt the morale of the team. If you haven't tried to communicate with your fellow team members to resolve disputes on your own, this may indicate you don't work well with others.
Avoid examples where you went straight to management and handed this problem off for them to solve, distracting them from their work. When a team leader has to drop what they're focused on dealing with inter-personnel disputes, this can hinder their progress and timelines, and also hurt the functionality of the team.
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 will always choose to be a team player. If I had a co-worker call in sick, I would take over what I could. The only time I would draw the line would be if I felt I was being taken advantage of for some reason. For example, if they were purposefully being inefficient and expecting me to pick up the slack. For the sake of the company, I am always willing to go above and beyond the expectations."
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'll always default to a team player mentality. For example, if a co-worker called in sick, I would take over what I was capable of. The only time I would draw the line would be if I felt I was being taken advantage of. If my coworker was purposefully being inefficient and expected me to pick up the slack, I would likely not jump in. For the sake of the company, I am always willing to go above and beyond what is expected of me, but not to the point where I am being taken advantage of. So if their behavior was hurting the team, I might consult my team leaders and see if they'd want me to do the work for them or not."
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