Question: Imagine this scenario: You have finished and submitted your work assignment. However, your manager sends it back to you with multiple comments and marked out segments for you to edit and change. These corrections will mean that a few more hours will be needed to work on this assignment. What would you do?

Alternative Question Phrasing:

Imagine you have submitted an assignment that you thought was finished, but a colleague returns it to you with multiple corrections and comments that would take you hours to address. What would you do?
If your boss had asked you to make a whole lot of corrections to your work after you submitted it to them, what would you do?

Follow-up questions:

Would you think it is unfair?
Why would you take this course of action?
Why would you do this?
How do you think you actions would help?

Question Details:

Question Type:

Situational

Skills:

Management of Time,Social – Coordination (Adjusting one’s own actions in relation to others)

Other Factors:

Big 5 – Conscientiousness (Work Ethic),Motivation/Ambition/Aspiration,Personality-Job Fit,Personality-Team Fit

Work Activity (Task):

Mental Processes – Judging the Value of Things, Services, or People,Mental Processes – Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

Work Context (Person-Job/Team/Org Fit):

Interpersonal Relationships – Relationship With Supervisor,Job Structure – Handling Time Pressure,Job Structure – Work Accuracy (Importance of Being Exact or Accurate)

Work Style (Person-Job Fit):

Achievement/Effort (Action/Result Orientation),Adaptability/Flexibility,Dependability,Persistence/Perseverance

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Question Difficulty

What to look for in an answer:

You are looking to understand the interviewee’s motivations, work ethic, and dependability. You will want to see if the interviewee is willing to ‘go the extra mile’ to get the job done, but is also not a pushover.

Red Flags to Watch For:

Red flags could be interviewees who will refuse to correct the work under any circumstances or have a poor work ethic or whatever reason.

Sample Answer:

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