A Job Interview for a Senior Role

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

您能谈谈有一次您必须管理一位难相处的团队成员的经历吗？

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

当然可以。在我之前的职位上，有一位工程师总是错过截止日期。

How did you approach the situation without damaging morale?

您是如何在不打击士气的情况下处理这种情况的？

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

我安排了一次私下的谈话，以了解到底发生了什么。

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

结果发现，他被一些没有任何人注意到的任务压得喘不过气来。

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

那么，找出根本问题之后，您做了什么？

We redistributed his workload and agreed on more realistic priorities.

我们重新分配了他的工作量，并就更现实的优先事项达成了一致。

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

很令人佩服。您会如何衡量这个职位上的成功？

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

我会既看我们交付的成果，也看我们的节奏是否可持续。