You are in a behavioral interview. Prepare to answer the following prompts using concrete examples from your experience.
Prompts
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Describe a challenging project you worked on.
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Be ready for follow-ups on scope, your specific role, trade-offs, and results.
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Describe a time you advocated for other people in a team setting.
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Follow-up:
What did you learn from it?
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Describe a time you learned something from others and then applied it at work.
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Be ready for follow-ups about who you learned from, what changed, and measurable impact.
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Describe a time you disagreed with others.
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Be ready for follow-ups about how you handled conflict, influenced the decision, and what you’d do differently.
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Describe a time you listened to others.
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Be ready for follow-ups about how you ensured understanding and what outcome improved due to listening.
Constraints / expectations
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Use a
real
scenario (work, internship, school project, or open-source).
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Clarify
context, your actions, and results
(ideally with metrics).
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Show judgment: when to push, when to align, and how you work with others.