Frugality

Question 1

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?

Question 2

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?

Question 3

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?

Question 4

5. 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? 6.

Question 5

4. Tell me about a time when you had to make tradeoffs between quality and cost. How did you weigh the options? What was the result? Would you have done anything differently?

Question 6

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?

Question 7

7. 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)

Question 8

8. 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)