Handle conflict and urgent shifting priorities

Q: Handle conflict and urgent shifting priorities

This question evaluates interpersonal and leadership competencies for a data scientist, including conflict resolution, influencing stakeholders with analytics, cross-functional collaboration, and adaptive prioritization within the behavioral & leadership domain.

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Answer the following behavioral questions with concrete examples from your experience:

Describe a conflict you had with a partner or teammate. What was the disagreement, and how did you resolve it?
Tell me about a time you used analytics/results to influence a decision made by stakeholders who initially disagreed.
Describe a time you had to work cross-functionally (XFN) with product/engineering/sales/ops. How did you align goals and execution?
How do you handle urgent, changing priorities (e.g., a last-minute request that conflicts with your planned work)?

Use the STAR format (Situation, Task, Action, Result) and include what you would do differently next time.

Handle conflict and urgent shifting priorities

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