News Director Mock Interview
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Question 17 of 30
What is your experience with firing an employee?
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Christina Erne is a meteorologist and a journalist at News 10, Albany's ABC/FOX affiliate.
A responsibility of a news director is to fire employees that are not performing as well as they should be, despite every effort to train them properly. A news director must be able to try their hardest to work with employees who are not performing up to par, and also know when it is time to let someone go and hire someone who is more qualified for the position. The candidate should give examples of how they know when someone is no longer fit for a position and how they will deal with someone who may be emotional or upset after being fired.
Christina Erne is a meteorologist and a journalist at News 10, Albany's ABC/FOX affiliate.
"While I have never directly fired someone before, I can tell when someone is either not putting all of their effort into a job, or is no longer fit for the position. I want to be sure that our news department produces the best quality work possible, and if someone is no longer able to produce the work, I will be sure to find someone who can."
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