Category: Bias for Action

Give me an example of when you had to make an important decision and had to decide between moving forward or gathering more information.

What did you do? What was the outcome? What information is necessary for you to have before acting?

Tell me about a time when you worked against tight deadlines and did not have time to consider all options when making a decision.

How much time did you have? What approach did you take? What did you learn from the situation?

Tell me about a time when you were able to remove a serious roadblock preventing your team from making progress.

What was the barrier? How were you able to remove it? What was the outcome? Knowing what you know, would you have done anything differently?

Tell me about a time when you had to gather information and respond immediately to a situation.

What was the outcome? Would you have done anything differently?

Give me an example of a calculated risk that you have taken where speed was critical.

What was the situation and how did you handle it? What steps did you take to mitigate risk? What was the outcome? Knowing what you know now, would you have done differently.

Tell me about a time when you felt your team was not moving to action quickly enough.

What was the situation? What did you do? What was the outcome?

Describe a situation where you made an important business decision without consulting your manager.

What was the situation and how did it turn out? Would you have done anything differently?