Frugality

Question 1

Give me an example of how you have helped save costs or eliminate waste within your role or organization. What was the situation? What was the impact?

Answer 1

eliminating incentives

Question 2

Describe a time when you had to get a project or initiative completed with limited resources. How did you approach the situation? What was the impact? Knowing what you know now, would you have done anything differently?

Answer 2

open house - bringing in grads - I wish I would have had longer to plan

Question 3

Tell me about a time when you didn’t have enough resources to do something you felt was important but found a creative way to get it done anyway. What was the situation? What other options did you consider? How did you decide on a path forward? What was the outcome?

Answer 3

events to bring in the public (community yard sale) limited budget

Question 4

Tell me about a time when you generated a creative solution to a problem or project without requiring additional resources. What was the problem? What was the solution and how did you come up with it? What was the outcome?

Answer 4

Holiday bazaar

Question 5

Give an example of a time you requested additional funding/budget to complete a project. Why was it needed? Did you try to figure out another approach? Did you get the additional resources? Why or why not?

Answer 5

L&L

Question 6

Describe a time when you had to decide whether or not to award or ask for additional resources. What criteria do you use for making the call? What was the outcome? Knowing what you know now, would you have done anything differently? (Manager)

Answer 6

Calendar mats

Question 7

Give an example of a time when you challenged your team to come up with a more efficient solution or process. What drove the request? How did you
help? What were some of your biggest challenges? What were the end results? (Manager)

Answer 7

communication tp/am mapping out routes and sticking with them