Map stakeholders and influence routes
Overview
This question evaluates stakeholder mapping, influence routing, RACI design, and communication strategy competencies for coordinating multiple internal recruiters, hiring managers, and interview stakeholders in a hiring process.
Capital One
Oct 13, 2025, 9:49 PM
Data Scientist
Onsite
Behavioral & Leadership
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Behavioral Scenario: Coordinating Multiple Recruiters Across Teams (Data Scientist, Onsite)
Context
You're at the onsite stage for a Data Scientist role. Multiple recruiters are sharing your profile across different teams at the same time. Your goal is to increase internal pull for your candidacy while preventing confusion, duplicated work, and over-soliciting.
Tasks
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Stakeholder Map
- Identify the key stakeholders (recruiters, hiring managers, directors/VPs, potential internal champions, interviewers, scheduling coordinators) and describe their goals, influence, and typical concerns.
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Blockers and Incentives
- For each stakeholder category, list likely blockers (risks/frictions) and incentives (what motivates them to act quickly in your favor).
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RACI Proposal
- Propose a RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed) for end-to-end candidate coordination, including: single source of truth, team matching, interview scheduling, feedback loop, role alignment, and offer strategy.
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Weekly Communication Matrix
- Outline a weekly communication plan (channels, owners, objectives, cadence) that increases pull without over-soliciting.
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Relationship Health & Message Reset
- Define how you will measure relationship health (metrics, leading/lagging indicators, simple scoring). Specify thresholds and clear triggers for when to reset or pivot your message.
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