A Job Interview for a Senior Role

Could you tell me about a time you had to manage a difficult team member?

您能談談有一次您必須管理一位難相處的團隊成員的經驗嗎？

Certainly. In my previous role, one engineer was consistently missing deadlines.

當然可以。在我之前的職位上，有一位工程師總是錯過截止期限。

How did you approach the situation without damaging morale?

您是如何在不打擊士氣的情況下處理這種情況的？

I arranged a private conversation to understand what was going on.

我安排了一次私下的談話，以了解到底發生了什麼事。

It turned out he was overwhelmed by tasks that nobody else had noticed.

結果發現，他被一些沒有任何人注意到的任務壓得喘不過氣來。

And what did you do once you had identified the underlying problem?

那麼，找出根本問題之後，您做了什麼？

We redistributed his workload and agreed on more realistic priorities.

我們重新分配了他的工作量，並就更務實的優先順序達成共識。

That's impressive. How would you measure success in this position?

很令人佩服。您會如何衡量這個職位上的成功？

I'd look at both the results we deliver and how sustainable our pace is.

我會既看我們交付的成果，也看我們的步調是否可持續。