[Execution] How do you approach a project that feels behind before you even officially take it over?

Instruction: Answer this as a project recovery question where you inherit work that already feels late, messy, or unclear.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can regain control on a project that is already unstable or slipping.

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I would start by figuring out what is actually true, because on projects that already feel behind, there is usually a gap between the status being reported and the real state of the work. Before I try to fix anything, I want to understand the current scope, the real dependency picture, the timeline assumptions, the open...

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