Behavioral interview prompt
A hiring manager wants to assess your domain experience (e.g., advertising/marketing tech) and how you handle situations where you don’t already have deep expertise.
Questions
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Describe your prior experience in this domain (or an adjacent domain). What problems did you solve, and what impact did you have?
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Tell me about a time you were placed into an unfamiliar domain and had to become effective quickly.
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How do you approach learning domain concepts (metrics, terminology, constraints, regulations) while still delivering engineering results?
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If you joined a team building ads targeting/measurement, what would you prioritize learning in your first 30/60/90 days?
What to include
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Concrete project scope, your role, and measurable outcomes.
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How you collaborated with PM/data science/legal/sales.
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Tradeoffs you made and what you would do differently.