Right -- the best answer depends on everything, including the level of the person you are hiring, their role, corporate culture, what the task is, etc. So if you're interviewing for a PM job, you'd better understand the nuances. But if you're interviewing for an entry-level grants management job, you'd better understand a deadline.
But I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. And you found me broken. It's hard for you.
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Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2012 7:00:15 am PST #15467 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2012 7:05:55 am PST #15468 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't that what makes it a good interview question, though?
Not if I don't know corporate culture, no. Unless you want me to toss it back and say "It's not about me--it may not even be about you. It's about the business owner and the specific project priorities."
As an interviewer, I'd just be looking for people who had a definite answer either way, and marking them down whichever side they picked.
bon bon - Jan 10, 2012 7:20:00 am PST #15469 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
In my job, we set the deadline so quality is more important. In my previous job deadlines were probably more important but the real answer is "superhumanly turn in perfect work by deadline." But anyway, as an interviewee I wouldn't necessarily know which is more important. It's a question that seem slightly unfair to me, given how much it depends on knowledge of the culture.
Amy - Jan 10, 2012 7:20:30 am PST #15470 of 30001
Because books.
Not Paul Bettany issue, though.
I'd take it. As long as he was part of the long-term deal.
sumi - Jan 10, 2012 7:21:10 am PST #15471 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Breaking in to say that today is National Bittersweet Chocolate Day.
meara - Jan 10, 2012 7:31:25 am PST #15472 of 30001
Yeah--in my current job, I have a deadline for my initial report. I get dinged if I'm always turning it in late or if it's always crappy, but it's getting reviewed and edited. So if it's pretty ok I can count on the review cycle to shape it up, but I'd I really need time I can let them know we have less editing time. OTOH, the final report deadline, if it's not in by deadline we don't get paid. So they'd rather have something incomplete than nothing.
Amy - Jan 10, 2012 7:41:32 am PST #15473 of 30001
Because books.
Hivemind question: If I put cooked chicken breasts in the freezer, how long would they last?
Jessica - Jan 10, 2012 7:44:13 am PST #15474 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Depends on what you want to do with them and how well they were wrapped up. 3-6 months, I'd say?
[edit: Oh, I didn't notice you said cooked. In that case I have no idea.]
Amy - Jan 10, 2012 7:46:38 am PST #15475 of 30001
Because books.
So you think cooked would last less time, or more? If you had to guess.
Gudanov - Jan 10, 2012 7:47:43 am PST #15476 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
But anyway, as an interviewee I wouldn't necessarily know which is more important.
Yeah, it would be very situational depending on the project. If you are delivering something that isn't final, then maybe the deadline is more important. If it's final, then probably quality is more important and the issue is relating that the deadline is at risk as early as possible.