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Question 11 of 30
What would you do if two supervisors assigned you conflicting priorities?
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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 happened a few times, where different supervisors weren't collaborating or communicating effectively. I'm a hard worker and communicate as clearly as I can. So if I start a task and am pulled from it, I want to ensure everyone understands my project's status. If supervisor A told me to do one thing. Then supervisor B comes along and wants to pull me from that task and put me on another. I'll say yes after I inform supervisor A where I left off so they can pass it on to someone else to finish. This usually works out fine. If supervisor A has an issue with it, it's their responsibility to take it up with supervisor B. But this way, at the very least, I've taken responsibility for my actions and performed at my best."
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.
The interviewer is trying to assess how effective your communication skills are, your sense of team collaboration, and your ability to keep your eye on the big picture. Communication is integral to ensuring things run smoothly. Communication breakdowns can result in rework, conflict, low morale, a loss in productivity, and profit loss.
A communication breakdown can happen anywhere in the chain of command. One supervisor might tell you one thing, and a different supervisor might tell you another. Offer an example of a time you identified an opportunity to enhance communication and how diplomatically addressed it without assigning direct blame or casting anyone in a negative light.
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.
The assessment vendor will be screening how well you communicate your answer. Pay close attention to your choice of words and what they might indicate. Enunciate and try not to stutter or take long pauses. Keep an ear out for any stutters, awkward pauses, or speech crutches, such as 'like,' 'you know,' 'uh,' 'um,' etc.
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