A:Im not particularly good at interpreting survey data.Ive really worked to get to know our research staff and librarians.I rely on them and am careful to thank them formally in front of my vice president.Were definitely a team,and I'm careful not to take credit for our industry reports,which we publish for the Pacific region of our firm.
Q:Describe an opportunity in which you felt the risks far outweighed the rewards.
A:At one point we had an opportunity to purchase conveyor equipment at thirty cents on the dollar from apany that had dissolved.Although we anticipated an overhaul of our distribution facility five years down the road,I felt it was
too far into the future to spend money only to have idle capacity for a fiveyear period.If market conditions had shown more promise for new sales in the initial twoyear period,I would have gone ahead with it.
Q:Tell me about a project in which you were disappointed with your personal performance.
A:In my last job for a manufacturingpany, I had to analyze all of the supplier bids and present rmendations to the vice president of logistics. Because the supplier bids werent in a uniform format, my analysis often consisted ofparing dissimilar items. This caused some confusion in my final report, and by the time Id reworked it and presented it to the ice president, we'd lost the critical time we needed to improve our approval process for