People Management

How do you determine who is best suited for a task?

Engineering Manager

Airbnb

Atlassian

Yahoo

HubSpot

Canon

Xiaomi

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Answers

Anonymous

7 months ago
4Strong
When a task is given, I will ensure the expectations are clear from it and provide clear understanding of the details, requirements that helps to track the progress on regular intervals. Recently I have asked my team member to own the customer's obsession initiative considering customer pain points and how our team can help to mitigate some of the known issues and what kind of action items are needed to address the rest. On weekly basis, I am in touch with him to track the progress and provided my feedback on the changes needed to ensure our outcome is aligned and as expected per the requirements.
  • Can you describe a time when you had to delegate a particularly challenging task and how you approached it?
  • Can you describe a time when you had to reassign a task to a different team member and how you approached the situation?
  • Can you describe your approach to communicating task expectations and deadlines to team members?
  • How do you delegate tasks and responsibilities to the developers on your team?
  • How do you determine who is best suited for a task?
  • How do you encourage team members to take ownership of their tasks?
  • How do you follow up on progress and provide feedback on task performance?
  • How do you handle conflicts that may arise during the delegation process?
  • How do you handle situations when a team member is unable to complete a task?
  • What is your approach to empowering team members to take on new responsibilities and tasks?
  • What steps do you take to ensure that each team member has the necessary resources to complete a task?

Interview question asked to Engineering Managers interviewing at Airbnb, Handshake, Xiaomi and others: How do you determine who is best suited for a task?.