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Nov 2021
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#14 How do you make important decisions?

teobacham
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  • There are many ways to answer this question, and if you have a reasonable method of making decisions, it will probably be sufficient. 
  • One answer I thought of included not being afraid of asking your manager. 
  • You can follow up by saying even the best needs mentoring, and you always want to improve. 
  • So basically, this could work as an answer, but depending on the job, you might have a better shot with an answer like my example.
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