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Question 21 of 23
What would you do if a fellow manager on your own level wasn't pulling their weight and this was hurting your department?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"This has actually happened to me in my current position. I needed the Data Center Manager of our organization to provide me with some resources so my group could add a new firewall to our network. He agreed to do this but kept delaying providing us with what we needed. His rationale was that his team was focused on completing more "urgent" tasks. I met with my manager, explained the situation and suggested he have a conversation with the company's CIO, describing the potential consequences of delaying the implementation of the new firewall. The CIO spoke to the Data Center Manager, who agreed that our project was in fact more urgent than he had originally thought and we received the resources we needed shortly thereafter."
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"This has actually happened to me in my current position. I needed the Data Center Manager of our organization to provide me with some resources so my group could add a new firewall to our network. He agreed to do this but kept delaying providing us with what we needed. His rationale was that his team was focused on completing more "
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
This is a behavioral question. The interviewer is creating a scenario (which may never happen) and trying to determine how you would deal with it. Remember that 'Behavioral' questions are best answered using the 'STAR' methodology - Situation, Task, Action, Results. If you have experienced this scenario in the past, give a STAR description of how you handled it. If you don't have direct experience with the scenario, create a forward STAR story.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"If I encountered this situation, where a fellow executive wasn't cooperating and it impacted my department (S) I would look for ways to get them on board with the goal we were tasked with achieving (T). First, I would discuss it with them to see if I could get them to understand the impact they were having on the task (A). If this wasn't successful, I'd describe the situation to my manager and suggest that they have a conversation with the other person's supervisor, using accomplishing the goal as the incentive for us all to work together (R)."
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