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Asked at Amazon, Slack • 4 years ago
How would you address a performance decline in a program?
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"I will use the following approach for this situation: Understand Current Status of the Program: Program Goals, Schedule, How many teams, what are their deliverables, dependencies between teams Team level view of progress: Through tools like Burn down charts, Gantt charts etc. Identify laggards (lagging teams). Trend analysis for lagging teams: Understand at what point, the decline started. If the decline has started around same time, then following may be the potential issues: -"
Saket S. - "I will use the following approach for this situation: Understand Current Status of the Program: Program Goals, Schedule, How many teams, what are their deliverables, dependencies between teams Team level view of progress: Through tools like Burn down charts, Gantt charts etc. Identify laggards (lagging teams). Trend analysis for lagging teams: Understand at what point, the decline started. If the decline has started around same time, then following may be the potential issues: -"See full answer
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Asked at Meta (Facebook), Nike, Plaid • 2 years ago
How will you set goals for your teams?
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"Understand gaps team by interviewing on 1:1, reading past performance reviews and talking to old managers/cross functional Identify Goals and use the SMART framework to set those goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, relevant, time related) Share with team and make sure they understand them. Clarify questions if needed. Explain WHY these goals matter. Tie to company goals/mission/culture. Put together an action plan TOGETHER- give often feedback: "pinches no punches"
Chantal C. - "Understand gaps team by interviewing on 1:1, reading past performance reviews and talking to old managers/cross functional Identify Goals and use the SMART framework to set those goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, relevant, time related) Share with team and make sure they understand them. Clarify questions if needed. Explain WHY these goals matter. Tie to company goals/mission/culture. Put together an action plan TOGETHER- give often feedback: "pinches no punches"See full answer
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Asked at Discord, Google • 8 months ago
Tell me about a time when your technical judgment influenced a program, leading to a change in project scope or roadmap.
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