Backbone; Disagree and Commit Flashcards
Tell me about a time when you strongly disagreed with your manager or peer on something you considered very important to the business. What was it and how did you handle it? Knowing what you know now, would you do anything differently?
Calling hospitals twice a month
Describe a time when you took an unpopular stance in a meeting with peers and your leader. What was it? Why did you feel strongly about it? What did
you do? What was the outcome?
Pushing students to the closest start when it wasn’t in their best interest (I would rather reach long term goals than short term goals - customer focused)
Often, we must make decisions as a group. Give me an example of a time you committed to a group decision even though you disagreed. What factors led you to commit to the decision? Would you make the same decision now?
trupanion pays first (open to trying it and seeing how it goes)
Give me an example of when you submitted a great idea to your manager and they did not support it. What was the idea? How did you handle the lack
of support?
Happy hours/team bonding
Describe a time when you had to support a business initiative that you didn’t agree with. How did you handle it? How did you deliver the message to
your team?
Incentives
Tell me about a time when the business gained something because you persisted for a length of time. Why were you so determined? How did it turn out?
working on a PM for training
Describe a time when you felt really strongly about something on a project but the team decided to go in a different direction. How hard did you press the issue? How did you approach that project afterward?
trupanion pays first
Tell me about a time when you pushed back against a decision that negatively impacted your team. What was the issue? How did it turn out? Would you have done anything differently?
pushing quantity not quality - go to supervisor
