People Management

Tell me about a time when you were dissatisfied with the quality of something your team delivered. What did you do?

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  • Tell me about a time when you were dissatisfied with the quality of something your team delivered. What did you do?
  • Can you describe a situation when you had to address an issue with a deliverable produced by your team?
  • Have you ever had to confront your team about the quality of their work? How did you handle the situation?
  • Can you walk me through a time when you had to make changes to a project due to quality concerns?
  • Can you share an instance when you had to make a tough call about the quality of your team's work?
  • How do you handle it when you find out that your team's deliverable isn't up to par?
  • Tell me about a time when you had to push your team to improve the quality of their work.
  • Can you share an experience when you had to address a shortfall in quality with your team?
  • Tell me about a situation when you had to reject a deliverable produced by your team.
  • Can you give an example of when you had to rework a project because it didn't meet your quality standards?
  • Describe a time when you had to raise the bar for your team in terms of quality.

Interview question asked to Data Engineering Managers, Engineering Managers, Data Science Managers and other roles interviewing at EY, Gemalto, F5 Networks and others: Tell me about a time when you were dissatisfied with the quality of something your team delivered. What did you do?.