Behavioral & Leadership (Machine Learning Engineer — Onsite)

Context: Prepare three concise STAR stories (Situation, Task, Actions, Results) with measurable impact. Aim for 1–2 minutes per story. Use data where possible.

1) Disagree-and-Commit

Describe a time you strongly disagreed with a senior decision.

• How did you influence using data and viable alternatives?
• How did you escalate appropriately (only after direct alignment attempts)?
• How did you ultimately disagree-and-commit, and what was the outcome?

2) Raising the Technical Bar

Give an example of raising the technical bar on your team (e.g., mentoring, hiring, design quality).

• What specific actions did you take (mechanisms, reviews, standards, training)?
• What was the measurable impact?

3) Ownership of Failure/Incident

Tell me about a failure or production incident you owned.

• How did you recover quickly (containment, rollback, communication)?
• What mechanisms did you introduce to prevent recurrence, and how did you verify they worked?