Interview Preparation: How did you handle giving difficult feedback to someone? Sample 2 – Mid Level
I feel that feedback especially difficult one shall be straight forward. Many people say that we shall sandwich the feedback. We shall first praise and then tell feedback and then again praise. A simple and trivial feedback can be given like this. But in my experience, this most inefficient way of giving difficult feedback is straight forward and without any sugar coating. Also, it shall not come as a surprise. We need to give feedback several times and in regular intervals.
I had a team member who was not performing up-to the expectations. So first I gave him simple feedback. I observed him for few days, he didn’t improve. So, I gave him another mild feedback. No improvement. So finally, I told him straight forward that if he doesn’t improve, we are going to replace him within a month. He improved in 2-weeks.
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