Screening Entry Level

How do you run meetings that are productive and respectful of people's time?

Quick Tip

Every meeting needs three things: an agenda, a decision to be made, and clear action items at the end. If you cannot define these, it should be an email.

What good answers include

Strong answers: clear agenda shared in advance, right people in the room (and wrong people excluded), time-boxed discussions, active facilitation, clear decisions and action items, and follow-up. Best candidates also mention when to cancel meetings, when to make them async, and how they create space for quieter team members to contribute.

What interviewers are looking for

Reveals organisational respect and efficiency. Leaders who run bad meetings waste enormous amounts of collective time. Ask: "What percentage of meetings on your team could be emails?"

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