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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.
Your interviewer is curious about what your leadership skills look like in action. How you answer should inform them of what delegation, communication, collaboration, and project management look like in practice for you. As Vanguard states in one of their blogs, "It's about putting the right people in the right places, so we can continue to work toward our mission together."

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.
When answering this question, you want to advertise that you have a clear sense of priorities, that you are an effective delegator, and that you can communicate effectively with each member of your team, keeping them motivated to the end. You showcase what your leadership in action looks like, and that it is consistent with how you described it in your other answers. Make sure your example embraces their values and is in alignment with their code.

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 week. But the credit was not mine alone. Sure, I was the captain of my crew, and I directed us toward our goal, and charted our course. But every teammate's input was of value to getting us there. Everyone has a voice. It is one thing to hear someone out, but is another to listen and take their input to heart by implementing their suggestions. With everyone's input, we finished the project, with tons of extras thrown in. I mean, it was above and beyond. We submitted the project last Thursday. Now, a week later, is the deadline. So the energy that resulted from it, that felt like a success."
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