[Execution] How do you handle execution when one critical person becomes a bottleneck?

Instruction: Explain how you manage a project when one key person is now slowing or controlling too much of the work.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can respond when too much project flow depends on one individual.

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If one critical person becomes a bottleneck, I first want to understand why. Is it because they hold unique knowledge, too many approvals, a specialist skill, or a decision role nobody else can currently absorb? That matters, because the response depends on what kind of bottleneck it is.

Then I look...

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