teamwork - Talk about a time when you had to work closely with someone whose personality was very different from yours.
[] vs CTO - ] there was a CTO i worked closely with - differences were - ] more fearless, ] more outgoing ] more willing to take chances and throw caution to the wind and just jump in with both feet,
[] As for myself - I believe that I am a little [] more measured in my approach to most things, [] I like to the weigh the pro's and the cons of the situation [] consider the different possible outcomes, [] double check all the details
[] I suppose there are pro's and cons to both types of personalities and in the time that I worked with him he certainly came away with a couple of big wins on the business side of things,
teamwork - Give me an example of a time you faced a conflict while working on a team. How did you handle that?
[] vs Neville - ] running into problem with a given issue - bounce the situation off of one another to get ideas inputs,
[] vs Kevin - ] not doing what he was asked to do, ]
teamwork - Describe a time when you struggled to build a relationship with someone important. How did you eventually overcome that?
[] vs Stephane - CEO of company, reasonably nice guy, treated all his employees well. But i would describe him as somewhat aloof - you could talk easily with him about trivial stuff, but when it come to more important details about business or product, he would become hesitant to really include you too much in the details.
teamwork - We all make mistakes we wish we could take back. Tell me about a time you wish you’d handled a situation differently with a colleague
[] vs Blair - There was group discussion on some application architecture documentation that a client had requested us to provide. This was not for my project but another, I had a good understanding of what type of documentation the client was seeking and what the team was planning to provide.
teamwork - Tell me about a time you needed to get information from someone who wasn’t very responsive. What did you do?
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client facing - Describe a time when it was especially important to make a good impression on a client. How did you go about doing so?
[] hawaiian trip - ] travelled there, ] showed up on time, ] dressed nicely, ] so hot, ] prepared to answer questions, ]
[] endeavour office shenanigans -
client facing - Give me an example of a time when you did not meet a client’s expectation. What happened, and how did you attempt to rectify the situation?
[] hawaiian trial - ] failed miserably when they realized that ] transitioned the pitch from an immediate start on the new version(t5), to starting with the current version of the application t4 and then move to t5
client facing - Tell me about a time when you made sure a customer was pleased with your service.
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client facing - Describe a time when you had to interact with a difficult client. What was the situation, and how did you handle it?
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client facing - When you’re working with a large number of customers, it’s tricky to deliver excellent service to them all. How do you go about prioritizing your customers’ needs?
[] I think that are a number of different factors that come into play .... that would include things like
[] who asked first,
[] who was promised what and when,
[] how important is it, at this time
[] client priority
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adapt - Tell me about a time you were under a lot of pressure. What was going on, and how did you get through it?
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adapt - Describe a time when your team or company was undergoing some change. How did that impact you, and how did you adapt?
[] The last company that I worked for, the product I was working on was the successor product to the current product and as such was somewhat the focus of the company's future going forward.
[] Than the change that happened was that they had a new big client come onboard with interest in using their current product for the next several years to come.
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[] So that new team recieved the primary focus and the new hires and essentially became the primary focus of the business.
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[] As for myself, I continued on with doing what I could with what I had, to the best of my abilitiies. I could understand all of the resources being focused on the current generation product, given the situation, but at the end of day I believe that continuing to invest / focus a little bit more now on the next gen product would have proven t
adapt - Tell me about the first job you’ve ever had. What did you do to learn the ropes?
[] first job = well that going back a ways, I delivered newspapers ask a kid, then me and friend started a car cleaning business which lead to me getting hired on at the local car dealership. That was probably my first true job and it was kind of a gopher position doing whatever needed to be done. So I get to try a bunch of different things - from cleaning cars and the shop, to minor mechanical work like oil and tire changes, to operating the tow truck or working in the parts department. It was a pretty good crew of folks, so they made it easy for the new kid, most important lessons probably were ] listen, ] if your not sure about something ask, ] dont be afraid to try and finally, ] never ever borrow Toms tools without asking first
adapt - Give me an example of a time when you had to think on your feet in order to delicately extricate yourself from a difficult or awkward situation.
[] some of the early CEO meetings, he was asking questions about the progress on application development, talk about the problems were having, so as an example one of the big early problems that we had was the app was way to slow in loading data, ] so then he starts drilling down on the why,
[] he was looking for concrete answers to questions that we didn't really have concrete answers too,
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adapt - Tell me about a time you failed. How did you deal with the situation?
[] sospep - startup company I tried to launch, I failed to
time - Tell me about a time you had to be very strategic in order to meet all your top priorities.
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time - Describe a long-term project that you managed. How did you keep everything moving along in a timely manner?
[] sospep - my startup company, first in getting it to market, then in trying to market it, while I was simultaneoulsy managing the day to day operations of running it and continuing to develop the project, as a sole operator. It was a grind, with a lot of days with long hours. I guess you could say in a way "I brute forced it"
time - Sometimes it’s just not possible to get everything on your to-do list done. Tell me about a time your responsibilities got a little overwhelming. What did you do?
[] sospep - my startup company, In attempting to run and grow the business, and continue to develop the product all concurrently - It was a bit overwhelming at times,
time - Tell me about a time you set a goal for yourself. How did you go about ensuring that you would meet your objective?
[] weight loss is something that I have often struggled with.
[] Make a plan, stick to the plan, periodically you measure the result. If your making progress, then you carry on.
[] If your is not working, you may have to re think that plan.
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time - Give me an example of a time you managed numerous responsibilities. How did you handle that?
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communications - Give me an example of a time when you were able to successfully persuade someone to see things your way at work.
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communications - Describe a time when you were the resident technical expert. What did you do to make sure everyone was able to understand you?
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communications - Tell me about a time when you had to rely on written communication to get your ideas across to your team.
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communications - Give me an example of a time when you had to explain something fairly complex to a frustrated client. How did you handle this delicate situation?
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communications - Tell me about a successful presentation you gave and why you think it was a hit.
[] presenting T5 performance solution to CTO and CEO when, everyone left that meeting smiling