I’m genuinely interested because I’ve miserably failed at it so far. When I inquire about the speed vs quality trade off in interviews or during discovery, the

I’m genuinely interested because I’ve miserably failed at it so far. When I inquire about the speed vs quality trade off in interviews or during discovery, the answer is always that quality is paramount. But a little later, when it comes down to the brass tacks, we’re asked to make the trade off and put speed over quality. Every time. Even when it was the company’s motto/yearly objective to “focus on quality”, even there, eventually speed was more important when pressed. So I’m wondering: how do you find out whether quality is just lip service? It seems like a simple answer but over the last ten years I’ve always gotten it wrong and the project ended up being a pressure cooker with overtime to “fix” it.