What is the most difficult situation you have faced in a workplace?
你工作时遇到的最大的难题是什么？
One of our team members left us because we couldn’t reach an agreement on the task we were running. Even though it was difficult when she quit without notice, we still managed to rearrange the department workload to cover the position until a replacement was hired. Everyone was very busy then. But somehow it helped strengthen our abilities.
因为对正在进行的任务无法达成一致意见，我们的一位组员离开了我们。虽然她的离开给我们造成了很大困难，但是我们任然成功地重新分配了部门工作量，并且坚持到空缺被补上。那时每个人都很忙，但是这反而锻炼了我们的能力。
Once, we were faced with a sudden order increase for our new product. It was for a new customer. I immediately sat down with the production supervisor, our materials manager, and the union steward. We were able to lay out a workable plan that maximized hourly labor costs, guaranteed materials were available and, with only a sight adjustment, met the production deadline. While it was challenging and involved long hours, the pay-off was a signed contract with a new customer.
有一次我们遇到了新产品突然增加订单，是一位新客户。我立刻与生产主任、材料经理、工会代表开会协商。我们制定出来一个可行方案，最大化每小时的劳动量，保证材料供应，而且仅仅用了一个微小的调整，我们就赶上了交货日期。这件事很具挑战性，投入了大量的时间，但是回报很丰厚，我们与新客户签订了合约。
When I was working on a software implementation team, we took over another company and had to transit many clients to a new product in a short amount of time. It took a lot of planning, time, hard work and effort, but we were able to complete the project in a timely manner.
当我在一个软件安装小组工作时，我们接管了另一家公司，所以必须要在短时间内将大量客户转移到新产品。我们做了很多计划、花费了很多时间、投入了很多精力，但最终我们及时完成了这个项目。