Behavioral: Aligning Conflicting Stakeholders

Scenario

Cross-functional projects often require coordination between data scientists, engineers, product managers, and compliance or legal teams. These groups can have valid but conflicting priorities (e.g., speed vs. reliability vs. risk controls).

Question

Describe a time you worked with multiple stakeholders who had conflicting priorities. How did you align them and deliver the project?

Hints

• Emphasize your communication style and stakeholder management.
• Show how you set expectations, made trade-offs explicit, and created alignment.
• Highlight mechanisms you used (metrics, experiments, guardrails, decision rights) to deliver on time and safely.