What steps will you take if you find out that the deadline is approaching and you need to address the situation?

If the deadline for completing a task is approaching, the following steps can be taken to address the situation:

1. Assess current progress and remaining time — understand how feasible it is to meet the deadline.
2. Prioritize tasks — identify the most important and urgent parts, possibly postpone less critical ones.
3. Optimize the work process — eliminate unnecessary steps, automate routine operations.
4. Discuss the situation with the team and management — possibly reallocate resources or adjust deadlines.
5. Use tools to increase efficiency — for example, task trackers, CI/CD, code templates.
6. If necessary, request help or additional time — it’s better to warn about risks in advance.

Example: if you are developing an Android application and see that testing takes too much time, you can focus on automating tests and running them in parallel to speed up the process.