Describe handling conciseness feedback
Overview
This question evaluates a candidate's self-awareness, coachability, and ability to adapt verbal communication for conciseness in technical, time-constrained settings.
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Sep 6, 2025, 12:00 AM
Software Engineer
Technical Screen
Behavioral & Leadership
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Behavioral: Improving Conciseness After Feedback
Context: In a software engineering technical screen, the interviewer wants to assess self-awareness, coachability, and your ability to adapt communication to time-constrained, technical settings.
Prompt: Tell me about a time you received feedback that your answers were not concise.
What to cover (use STAR: Situation, Task, Action, Result):
- Situation and context (e.g., design review, system design interview, on-call postmortem).
- The exact feedback you received (quote or paraphrase).
- Actions you took to adjust your communication style (specific tactics).
- How you measured improvement (quantitative and qualitative).
- Outcome for your team or stakeholders.
Tips:
- Aim for a Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) answer and quantify improvement (e.g., answer length, follow-up questions, decision time).
- Keep the example work-related and technical, not academic.
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