What does the interviewer expect from this question?
“Tell me a time when you work with other teams”
I can frankly describe an experience, but I didn't do anything significant by working with other teams
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Tell me a time when you work with other teams
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Too often candidates try to find something “big” to answer such questions. There is no need! Please remove this pressure.
Sometimes the simplest or trivial things have a huge impact on people.
So, for your specific question dig a bit deeper and am sure you can find some examples of situations you had to collaborate with someone else from another team, influence them or mentor/coach/train them, share something with them, navigate a difficult situation or delays etc. Hope you get the point. Think of an example where this experience had an impact in terms of adding value, improving efficiency, avoiding a mistake etc. Keep it simple but create a nice story around it.
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Hi there,
Here you want to ideally demonstrate teamwork. This means divying up tasks successfully, keeping the team on track, helping out members who are falling behind, resolving differences, etc. etc.
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How did you help the team achieve success?
How did you enable other people to perform at their potential in order to meet the teams' objectives?
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For behavioral interview questions, you should choose a specific example you can share.
The interviewer might be looking for skills such as :
- How do you lead different teams to success?
- How do you navigate issues (e.g. tech team is unable to meet a deadline)?
- How do you resolve conflict?
- How do you motivate or influence other teams?
- Are you collaborative and a good team player?
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Hello!
It´s related to leadership, people management, and stakeholder management.
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