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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]tell me about a project that did not go as planned.

(I now ask this one and it is amazing to me that people say-I have never had a project go poorly).[/quote]

Is the issue you're testing here listening comprehension? Amazing the number of people who equate "did not go as planned" with "went poorly" "went off the rails" etc. That's a pretty open ended question that can be interpreted a lot of different ways.[/quote]

Agreed.  There's a big difference between the two.  The phrase "didn't go as planned" could mean that you didn't anticipate how it turned out, but the end result may have been very positive.  The question focuses on a potential employee's adaptability (i.e. no plan survives first contact with the enemy, or as Mike Tyson put it - everybody got a plan until they get punched in the mouth).  The phase "went poorly" demonstrates that the person (or his/her team) couldn't adapt to the change in circumstances.

If you get "went poorly" instead of "didn't go as planned" there's nothing wrong with demonstrating that you know the difference and answering the latter question.  In other words, "I have never had a project go poorly, but I have had a project that didn't go as planned...."[/quote]

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