Behavioral Prompts
Answer using a specific past experience (STAR format recommended).
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Conflict on Priority
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Tell me about a time when you and a stakeholder/teammate disagreed on priorities. How did you resolve it?
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Discuss a Setback
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Describe a meaningful setback or failure in a project. What did you learn and what changed afterward?
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Lead an Initiative
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Tell me about a time you led an initiative (technical or cross-functional) without having formal authority. How did you drive alignment and execution?
What the interviewer is evaluating
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Communication and influence
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Structured decision making and tradeoff reasoning
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Ownership, learning mindset, and accountability
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Ability to execute through ambiguity and cross-functional constraints