Question: Give an example where you underestimated the impact of your decisions on stakeholders external to your organization.
Alternative Question Phrasing:
- Tell us about your experience where you estimate wrongly the result of your decision that has a great effect to your stakeholders.
Follow-up questions:
- What was the effect?
- How did the stakeholders react from it?
- How did you manage the impact?
- Why do think you had underestimate the impact? What was lacking in your decision making process?
Question Details:
Question Type:
Skills:
Work Activity (Task):
Information Input – Gathering Information,Information Input – Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events,Information Input – Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings,Mental Processes – Analyzing Data or Information,Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Making Decisions and Solving Problems,Mental Processes – Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work,Mental Processes – Processing Information
Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):
Work Style (Person-Job Fit):
What to look for in an answer:
acceptance of error, reflection or analyzing result, openness for improvement
Red Flags to Watch For:
blaming others or other factors that could cause the underestimation
Sample Answer:
N/A
Question Source:
https://www.totaljobs.com/advice/most-common-competency-based-interview-questions